Absorbent article having elastomeric panels
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsKueYoung You, MinJae Lee, JiYoung Haley Jung
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Abstract
A garment-like absorbent article can have a front region, a back region, and a central region extending between and connecting the front region and the back region. The front region and the back region of the absorbent article can be formed from a combination of elastic materials. The combination of the elastic materials can be asymmetrically configured about the absorbent article to provide an improved fit of the absorbent article to the body of the wearer as well as to provide the wearer with an absorbent article that resembles traditional woven underwear.
Claims13
An absorbent article comprising:
- a. a front region comprising a front panel comprising:
- i. a front panel upper edge, a front panel lower edge, a first front side edge, and a second front side edge;
- ii. a first longitudinal length between the front panel upper edge and the front panel lower edge;
- iii. a first elastomeric panel comprising a first material selected from an elastomeric film, an elastomeric nonwoven web or a laminate of at least one elastomeric polymeric film layer and at least one nonwoven web layer;
- iv. a first laminate comprising elastomeric strands and a nonwoven layer and defining a front waist portion having a front waist portion longitudinal length and a front central chassis portion having a front central chassis portion longitudinal length;
- b. a back region comprising a back panel comprising:
- i. a back panel upper edge, a back panel lower edge, a first back side edge, and a second back side edge;
- ii. a second longitudinal length between the back panel upper edge and the back panel lower edge;
- iii. a second elastomeric panel comprising a second material selected from an elastomeric film, an elastomeric nonwoven web or a laminate of at least one elastomeric polymeric film layer and at least one nonwoven web layer;
- iv. a second laminate comprising elastomeric strands and a nonwoven layer and defining a back waist portion having a back waist portion longitudinal length and a back central chassis portion having a back central chassis portion longitudinal length, wherein the back central chassis portion longitudinal length is greater than the front central chassis portion longitudinal length;
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- c. a central region extending between and comprising an absorbent assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.