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US 2017/0290713 A1Published application
Absorbent articles comprising graphics
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGary Dean LaVON, Masaharu NISHIKAWA
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Abstract
A pull-on disposable absorbent article comprising front and rear elastomeric belts each comprising first and second belt substrates, each substrate comprising at least one nonwoven layer; and a center chassis comprising at least one nonwoven layer and at least one film layer; wherein a graphic is disposed on a surface of the film layer of the center chassis and/or a graphic is disposed on the nonwoven layer of the first and/or second belts.
Claims20
A pull-on disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an outer surface and an inner surface;
- a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween;
- a front elastomeric belt disposed in a first waist region;
- a rear elastomeric belt disposed in a second waist region;
- a center chassis disposed in a crotch region, the center chassis overlapping with and extending between the front elastomeric belt and the rear elastomeric belt;
- wherein each of the front and rear elastomeric belts comprise first and second belt substrates;
- wherein the first belt substrate is disposed outward from the second belt substrate;
- wherein said first belt substrate comprises a nonwoven layer, the nonwoven layer having an outer surface and an inner surface;
- wherein said second belt substrate comprises a nonwoven layer, the nonwoven layer having an outer surface and an inner surface;
- wherein the center chassis comprises a nonwoven layer and a film layer, the nonwoven layer having an outer surface and an inner surface and the film layer having an outer surface and an inner surface;
- wherein a first graphic is disposed on an outer surface of the film layer of the center chassis;
- wherein a second graphic is disposed on an inner surface of the film layer of the center chassis;
- wherein the second graphic is a wetness indicator and wherein the second graphic is not overlapped by the front or rear elastomeric belts;
- wherein the rear elastomeric belt has a longer longitudinal distance than the front elastomeric belt;
- wherein first and second belt substrates for each of the front and rear belts is folded such that the first and second belt substrates overlaps an inner surface of the topsheet of the center chassis;
- and
- wherein the first and second belt substrates of the front and rear belts overlap the nonwoven layer of the center chassis over a longitudinal distance of no greater than 20 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.