Product seal of dissimilar materials
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPaul J. Datta, Kristi Jo Bryant, Timothy J. Blenke, Stephen C. Baumgartner, Julie A. Moser, Barbara A. Gossen, Kate Marguerite Hancock-Cooke, Mark G. Everson, Peter S. Lortscher
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Abstract
A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.
Claims39
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
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- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together.
An absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent chassis including a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region which extends between the front waist region and the back waist region;
- a first side panel operatively connected to the front waist region;
- a second side panel operatively connected to the back waist region;
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- a seam connecting the first side panel and the second side panel,
- wherein the second side panel has a basis weight greater than a basis weight of the first side panel.
An absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent chassis including a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region which extends between the front waist region and the back waist region;
- a first side panel connected to the front waist region;
- a second side panel connected to the back waist region;
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- a passive bond connecting the first side panel to the second side panel to form a releasable side seam,
- wherein the second side panel has a basis weight greater than a basis weight of the first side panel.
A convertible absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
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- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together, wherein the passive bond has a peel strength of less than about 5000 grams.
A convertible absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
- a fastener connected to the second ear panel, the fastener not connected to the front waist region;
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- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.