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US 7,473,818 B2Granted
Product seal of dissimilar materials
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPaul J. Datta, Kristi Jo Bryant, Timothy J. Blenke, Stephen C. Baumgartner, Julie A. Moser, Barbara A. Gossen, Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cook, Mark G. Everson, Peter S. Lortscher
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Abstract
A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.
Claims16
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region, the second material having a basis weight greater than a basis weight of the first material;
- and
- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together.
2 more elements
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
- and
- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together,
- wherein in disconnecting the first ear panel from the second ear panel, the first ear panel is damaged more than the second ear panel.
3 more elements
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
- and
- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together,
- wherein the passive bond can be torn without damaging the second ear panel more than the first ear panel.
3 more elements
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
- and
- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together,
- wherein the first ear panel can be disconnected from the second ear panel without negatively affecting a tensile strength of the second ear panel.
3 more elements
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the waist regions,
- a first ear panel formed of a first material extending from a first edge portion of the front waist region;
- a second ear panel formed of a second material different from the first material extending from a first edge portion of the back waist region;
- and
- at least one manually tearable passive bond connecting the first ear panel and the second ear panel together,
- wherein the first ear panel can be disconnected from the second ear panel without negatively affecting a tensile strength of the first ear panel.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.