Absorbent article with an ear portion
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsUrmish Popatlal DALAL, Todd Douglas LENSER, Joerg MUELLER
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Abstract
An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article further includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens. The laminate comprises a plurality of ultrasonic bonds. The article has a fastening system is joined to the ear; and the ear has a Length Ratio of 3 or less.
Claims33
An absorbent article comprising:
- a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet;
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- a discrete ear joined to the chassis and comprising:
- a laminate comprising a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens, wherein the laminate further comprises a plurality of ultrasonic bonds;
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- a fastening system is joined to the ear;
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- wherein the ear comprises a Length Ratio of 3 or less.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core having absorbent material and being disposed between the topsheet and backsheet;
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- a discrete ear joined to the chassis and comprising:
- a laminate comprising a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens, wherein the laminate further comprises a plurality of ultrasonic bonds;
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- wherein the ear comprises an Air Permeability Value of from about 2 m3/m2/min to about 125 m3/m2/min and the absorbent core comprises at least one channel, the channel being substantially free of absorbent material.
A package comprising a plurality of absorbent articles, wherein each of the absorbent articles comprise a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, and an ear having a ultrasonically bonded stretch laminate and an Air Permeability of Value of at least about 1.0 m3/m2/min;
- and wherein the absorbent core comprises at least one curvilinear channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.