Absorbent articles, fastener ears for absorbent articles, and processes for making same
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
InventorsAndrew Waksmundzki, Mike Bond
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing fastener ears for absorbent articles and other garments includes the step of cutting a wave-shaped pattern along the longitudinal axis of an elongated strip of material. The wave-shaped cutting pattern is substantially centered along the strip and divides the strip into a first web and a second web. Each web has a series of ear shapes, with each ear shape having a wave crest portion. Each wave crest portion has a first edge with a convex curvature. The method also includes the step of cutting each of the ear shapes out of its respective web to form a plurality of fastener ears. A fastener ear formed by such method is also contemplated.
Claims21
A method of manufacturing fastener ears for an absorbent article comprising the steps of:
- cutting a wave-shaped pattern generally along the longitudinal axis of an elongated strip of material, said wave-shaped pattern dividing the strip into a first web and a second web, each web having a series of ear shapes, each ear shape having a wave crest portion comprising an edge with a convex curvature;
- and
- separating each of the ear shapes from its respective web to form the fastener ears.
A method of manufacturing fastener ears for an absorbent article comprising the steps of:
- cutting a strip of material in a composite cutting pattern along a generally longitudinal axis of the strip, the composite cutting pattern comprising a first cut that follows a wave-shaped pattern, and a plurality of intermittent second cuts that are tangential to the wave-shaped pattern of the first cut, the first cut and plurality of second cuts forming a nested pair of webs each comprising a series of ear shapes;
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- separating the ear shapes from their respective webs to form the fastener ears.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- first and second fastener ears coupled to said chassis, each fastener ear having a wave crest portion comprising an upper edge and a lower edge;
- wherein a portion of said upper edge of said first fastener ear corresponds to a portion of said lower edge of said second fastener ear;
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- wherein a portion of said upper edge of said first fastener ear does not correspond to a portion of said lower edge of said second fastener ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.