Disposable Wearable Absorbent Articles With Extensible Sides
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMark James Kline, Henry William McCusker, Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Young
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include disposable wearable absorbent articles with extensible sides. In an embodiment of the present disclosure a disposable wearable absorbent article includes a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes a first area, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally outboard side edge. An overall lateral extensibility of the first area is substantially less than an overall lateral extensibility of the substantially laterally extensible area.
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A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising:
- a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes:
- a first area, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally outboard side edge;
- a second area, adjacent to and substantially laterally outboard from the first area, and bounded in part by at least a portion of the longitudinally outboard side edge;
- a third area, adjacent to and substantially longitudinally inboard to the first area, and bounded in part by at least a portion of the longitudinally inboard side edge;
- a fourth area, adjacent to and substantially laterally outboard from the third area, and bounded in part by at least a portion of the longitudinally inboard side edge;
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- wherein an overall lateral extensibility of the first area is substantially less than an overall lateral extensibility of the substantially laterally extensible area.
A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising:
- a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes:
- a high modulus region with a particular overall lateral extensibility, bounded at least in part by a majority area,;
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- the majority area, covering a majority of the substantially laterally extensible area, wherein the majority area has an overall lateral extensibility that is substantially greater than the particular overall lateral extensibility;
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- wherein the article is configured to be worn by a wearer such that the high modulus region is disposed within the extensible side proximate to a small radius portion of the wearer.
A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising:
- a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes:
- a high modulus region with a particular overall directional modulus of elasticity, wherein at least part of the high modulus region is disposed within a first area;
- the first area, disposed within a laterally inboard and longitudinally outboard portion of the substantially laterally extensible area, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally outboard side edge;
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- an outside area, outside the high modulus region, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally inboard side edge and at least a portion of the longitudinally outboard side edge, wherein substantially all of the outside area has a directional modulus of elasticity that is substantially less than the particular overall directional modulus of elasticity.
A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising:
- a front, a back, a first area, and an extensible side, which includes a substantially laterally extensible area, adjacent to and substantially laterally outboard from the first area, adjacent to and substantially longitudinally inboard to the first area, and with an overall lateral extensibility that is greater than an overall lateral extensibility of the first area;
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- wherein the article is configured to be worn by a wearer such that the first area is disposed above a posterior hip inflection protrusion of the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.