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US 6,976,978 B2Granted
Refastenable pull-on training pant with diagonal seams
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMarcille Faye Ruman, Kathleen Irene Ratliff
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Abstract
A disposable pant garment is made from a web by joining front and back side panels attached to the garment chassis. The side panels have diagonal edges in order to result in side seams on the garment which run diagonally on the garment side. This diagonal side seam provides superior fit and releasability, especially in the case of refastenable side seams such as may be used for training pants. One or more of the side panels may be constructed from a plurality of pieces.
Claims22
A disposable pant garment, comprising:
- a garment chassis having a front direction and a back direction;
- a front side-panel and a back side-panel, each extending from the same side of the garment chassis;
- the front side panel and the back side panel each having a waist end edge and a leg end edge and having a distal edge extending from the leg end edge to the waist end edge;
- such that when the garment is laid out flat, each distal edge of each side panel defines a vector extending from one of the waist end edge or the leg end edge along the distal edge of the side panel towards the longitudinal axis of the garment, the vectors of the side panels crossing the longitudinal axis of the garment chassis at congruent angles;
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- at least one of the front side panel and the back side panel being constructed from at least two pieces of material bonded together wherein one piece is proximal to the absorbent chassis and another piece is distal from the absorbent chassis;
- wherein the entirety of the garment is disposable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.