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US 7,727,207 B2Granted
Disposable article with centrally located zones of elasticity
AssigneeParagon Trade Brands, Inc.
InventorCarol L Erdman
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Abstract
The present invention provides an absorbent garment subassembly for attaching to an absorbent garment, the absorbent garment having a front portion, a back portion and two side portions. The subassembly has a first carrier layer and an elastic member operatively associated with the first carrier layer. The elastic member has a center portion and two end portions. The center portion has a greater area than either of the end portions.
Claims20
An absorbent article having a front portion, a back portion, a crotch portion, and two side portions, the article comprising:
- a main chassis;
- an absorbent portion;
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- first and second substantially elastic portions which replace a portion of the main chassis, each of said first and second substantially elastic portions having a first region that overlaps a portion of the main chassis for attachment thereto and a second region that does not overlap the main chassis, wherein the first substantially elastic portion has a first central elastic portion corresponding to the front portion of the article and two first side inelastic portions corresponding to the side portions of the article, and the second substantially elastic portion has a second central elastic portion corresponding to the back portion of the article and two second side inelastic portions corresponding to the side portions of the article, and
- wherein said first central elastic portion contacts said second central elastic portion and extends in a longitudinal direction towards the crotch portion of the article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.