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US 12,766,051 B2Granted
Durable underwear adapted for use with absorbent component
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsFrederick Michael Langdon, Bret Darren Seitz, Janice Faye Swinford
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Abstract
A durable underwear brief panty adapted to accommodate an absorbent component is disclosed. The panty may include a crotch portion that exhibits a Poisson Contraction Effect upon lateral stretching of 0.40 or less. A combination of a brief panty and an absorbent pad, and an array including a brief panty product and an absorbent pad product, are also disclosed. The products are useful for management of incontinence.
Claims19
A durable underwear brief panty, comprising:
- a front waist portion with a front waist edge and left and right front leg opening edges;
- a rear waist portion with a rear waist edge and left and right rear leg opening edges;
- a crotch portion with a forward portion meeting the front waist portion, a rearward portion meeting the rear waist portion, and left and right crotch leg opening edges;
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- left and right hip side portions joining the front waist portion to the rear waist portion and thereby forming a waist opening with a waist opening edge comprising the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, and left and right leg openings each comprising a respective left or right front leg opening edge, crotch leg opening edge and rear leg opening edge;
- wherein, when the panty is in an opened configuration in which the front waist portion and rear waist portion are separated at the hip side portions, the panty has a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, with an intersection thereof, the intersection occurring in the crotch portion;
- and wherein the crotch portion exhibits a Poisson Contraction Effect upon lateral stretching of 0.40 or less.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.