Adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays comprising improved product lengths
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsBret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Array Average Length Difference of at least the first and second absorbent articles in the array is less than about 65 mm and greater than about negative 10 mm. In another embodiment, a disposable absorbent article may have a Product Length is within about +/−40 mm of the Target Rise.
Claims30
An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
- wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
- a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein the article has a Product Length and a Target Rise;
- wherein the Product Length is within about +/−40 mm of the Target Rise.
An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size;
- a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size;
- wherein the first absorbent article comprises:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
- wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
- a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein the second absorbent article comprises:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
- wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
- wherein an Array Average Length Difference of at least the first and second absorbent articles in the array is less than about 65 mm and greater than about negative 10 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.