Leg cut-out stages of development
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorJason C. Cohen
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Abstract
Manufacturers of disposable absorbent articles may produce a wide range of sizes of articles. The design of these articles has generally remained the same as the product increases in size to fit larger and larger users. Generally speaking, the proportions of the articles remain the same in smaller and larger sizes. For example, the longitudinal length of the absorbent core as a percentage of the total longitudinal length of the article may be approximately the same for small, medium, and large sizes.
Claims21
An array of disposable articles, the array contemporaneously manufactured by or for the same business entity, comprising:
- a first disposable article comprising:
- a first front end edge;
- a first longitudinal length;
- a first pair of leg openings having a first leg opening median located a first longitudinal distance from the first front end edge;
- and
- a first leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the first longitudinal distance divided by the first longitudinal length;
- and
- a second disposable article comprising:
- a second front end edge;
- a second longitudinal length;
- a second pair of leg openings having a second leg opening median located a second longitudinal distance from the second front end edge;
- and
- a second leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the second longitudinal distance divided by the second longitudinal length;
- wherein the second leg opening longitudinal position ratio divided by the first leg opening longitudinal position ratio is greater than 1.2.
A method of providing an array of disposable absorbent articles, the array contemporaneously manufactured by or for the same business entity, comprising:
- providing an array of at least two different disposable articles, the array comprising:
- a first disposable article comprising:
- a first front end edge;
- a first longitudinal length;
- a first pair of leg openings having a first leg-opening median located a first longitudinal distance from the first front end edge;
- and
- a first leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the first longitudinal distance divided by the first longitudinal length;
- and
- a second disposable article comprising:
- a second front end edge;
- a second longitudinal length;
- a second pair of leg openings having a second leg opening median located a second longitudinal distance from the second front end edge;
- and
- a second leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the second longitudinal distance divided by the second longitudinal length;
- wherein the second leg opening longitudinal position ratio divided by the first leg opening longitudinal position ratio is greater than 1.2;
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- conveying information to a consumer describing the predominant leg position of a user that indicates greater applicability of one of the disposable articles in the array over another disposable article in the array.
An array of disposable articles, the array contemporaneously manufactured by or for the same business entity, comprising:
- a plurality of first disposable articles having a first similar configuration, the first disposable articles comprising:
- a first front end edge;
- a first longitudinal length;
- a first pair of leg openings having a first leg opening median located a first longitudinal distance from the first front end edge;
- and
- a first leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the first longitudinal distance divided by the first longitudinal length;
- and
- a plurality of second disposable articles having a second similar configuration, the second disposable articles comprising:
- a second front end edge;
- a second longitudinal length;
- a second pair of leg openings having a second leg opening median located a second longitudinal distance from the second front end edge;
- and
- a second leg opening longitudinal position ratio defined by the second longitudinal distance divided by the second longitudinal length;
- wherein the second leg opening longitudinal position ratio divided by the first leg opening longitudinal position ratio is greater than 1.2, the first pair of leg openings has portions that are arcuate, and the second pair of leg openings has portions that are arcuate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.