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US 2017/0326006 A1Published application
Absorbent article having longitudinal direction folded side regions
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Edward Neubauer, Christopher Peter Olson
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Abstract
An absorbent article which can have longitudinal direction folded side regions. The longitudinal direction folded side regions of the absorbent article can provide the absorbent article with a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the lateral direction width of each of the front waist edge and the back waist edge can be the same. In the second configuration, the lateral direction width of the front waist edge can be smaller than the lateral direction width of the back waist edge.
Claims17
An absorbent article comprising:
- a. an outer cover and a bodyside liner bonded to the outer cover;
- b. an absorbent body positioned between the outer cover and the bodyside liner;
- c. a front waist region having a front waist edge, a back waist region having a back waist edge, and a crotch region interconnecting the front waist region to the back waist region;
- d. a pair of opposing longitudinal direction folded side regions extending from the front waist edge to the back waist edge, each longitudinal direction side region comprising at least one longitudinal direction fold and a portion of each of the longitudinal direction folded side regions is bonded to at least a portion of the bodyside liner in the front waist region;
- e. a first configuration in which a lateral direction width of the front waist edge is the same as a lateral direction width of the back waist edge;
- and
- f. a second configuration in which the lateral direction width of the front waist edge is smaller than the lateral direction width of the back waist edge.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a. an outer cover and a bodyside liner bonded to the outer cover;
- b. an absorbent body positioned between the outer cover and the bodyside liner;
- c. a front waist region having a front waist edge, a back waist region having a back waist edge, and a crotch region interconnecting the front waist region to the back waist region;
- d. a pair of opposing longitudinal direction folded side regions extending from the front waist edge to the back waist edge, each longitudinal direction side region comprising at least one longitudinal direction fold and a portion of each of the longitudinal direction folded side regions is bonded to at least a portion of the bodyside liner in the front waist region;
- e. a first configuration in which a ratio of a lateral direction width of the front waist edge to a lateral direction width of the back waist edge is 1;
- and
- f. a second configuration in which a ratio of the lateral direction width of the front waist edge to the lateral direction width of the back waist edge is less than 1.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a. an outer cover and a bodyside liner bonded to the outer cover;
- b. an absorbent body positioned between the outer cover and the bodyside liner;
- c. a front waist region having a front waist edge, a back waist region having a back waist edge, and a crotch region interconnecting the front waist region to the back waist region;
- d. a pair of opposing longitudinal direction folded side regions extending from the front waist edge to the back waist edge, each longitudinal direction side region comprising at least two longitudinal direction folds and a portion of each longitudinal direction folded side regions is bonded to at least a portion of the bodyside liner in the front waist region;
- e. a first configuration in which a ratio of a lateral direction width of the front waist edge to a lateral direction width of the back waist edge is 1;
- and
- f. a second configuration in which a ratio of the lateral direction width of the front waist edge to the lateral direction width of the back waist edge is 0.5.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.