Shaped fastening systems for use with absorbent articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGeorge Christopher DOBRIN, Amy Lynn TALLY, Elizabeth Ann PETERSON
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Abstract
A fastening system comprising a closure member (tab) and one or more of an elastic/stretch member (ear), a release tape, and a landing member. The landing member is non-rectangular, and may be actual or perceived. The shape of the landing member is defined by the orientation of its medial portion. The system provides for improved fit of an absorbent article about the article's wearer.
Claims23
A fastening system comprising a landing member, wherein the landing member has a non-rectangular shape, the medial portion of the landing member dipping below a horizontal line drawn between the upper ends of the outer edges of the landing member.
A fastening system comprising a landing member disposed upon or made integral with a substrate, wherein the landing member has a rectangular shape, and wherein an indicium of a non-rectangular shaped landing member is superimposed thereon, the medial portion of the indicium dipping below a horizontal line drawn between the upper ends of the outer edges of the indicium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.