Absorbent article with a waistband and leg cuff having gathers
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKathleen Marie Lawson, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Jeffrey Will Crosby
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article comprising a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region; a first waist edge and a second waist edge; and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge; the disposable absorbent article comprising a waistband and a leg gasketing system, wherein the waistband has a first gather count and the leg gasketing system has a second gather count such that the ratio of the first gather count to the second gather count is from about 0.75 to about 1.25.
Claims18
A taped diaper comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge;
- a waistband and a leg gasketing system,
- wherein the leg gasketing system extends from the first waist edge to the second waist edge,
- wherein the waistband is comprised of a laminate comprising a nonwoven material and at least one elastic strand,
- wherein the at least one elastic strand has an installed elongation which is the strain that the at least one elastic strand is under when combined with the nonwoven material to form the laminate and has an applied waistband strain which is the strain that the laminate is under when combined with the disposable absorbent article, and
- wherein the installed elongation is higher than the applied waistband strain.
A taped diaper comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge;
- a waistband and a leg gasketing system,
- wherein the leg gasketing system extends from the first waist edge to the second waist edge,
- wherein the waistband is comprised of a laminate comprising a nonwoven material and at least one elastic strand,
- wherein the at least one elastic strand has an installed elongation which is the strain that the at least one elastic strand is under when combined with the nonwoven material to form the laminate and has an applied waistband strain which is the strain that the laminate is under when combined with the disposable absorbent article,
- wherein the installed elongation is higher than the applied waistband strain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.