Disposable absorbent article with finger tab
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorMichael Donald Sperl
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Abstract
An absorbent includes inner and outer surfaces, an absorbent body disposed therebetween, and front waist, back waist, and crotch regions. The article also includes pairs of front and back side panels, each side panel having an attachment edge and a free edge, the front and back side panels being releasably attachable to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article. The article also includes a finger tab having a distal end, a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge, and a proximal end attached to the free edge, wherein the distal end has a distal end longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab line has a tab line longitudinal midpoint, and wherein the distal end longitudinal midpoint is longitudinally offset from the tab line longitudinal midpoint.
Claims11
An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the article having a transverse axis and comprising:
- a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer;
- an outer surface for facing away from the wearer;
- an absorbent body disposed therebetween;
- a front waist region and a back waist region each having side edges, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions;
- a pair of front side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the front waist region and a pair of back side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the back waist region, each side panel having a free edge opposite the attachment edge, each front side panel free edge being releasably attachable to the free edge of an associated back side panel using article fastening components to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to one of the leg openings;
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- a finger tab extending from one of the back side panels, the finger tab having a distal end, a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge of the one of the back side panels, and a proximal end attached to the free edge of the one of the back side panels, wherein the distal end has a distal end longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab line has a tab line longitudinal midpoint, and wherein the distal end longitudinal midpoint is longitudinally offset from the tab line longitudinal midpoint in a direction toward the waist opening, wherein the tab line has a tab line upper end, wherein the finger tab distal end has a lower edge, and wherein the distal end lower edge is further longitudinally offset from the article transverse axis than is the tab line upper end.
An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the article having an article transverse axis and comprising:
- a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer;
- an outer surface for faring away from the wearer;
- an absorbent body disposed therebetween;
- a front waist region and a back waist region each having side edges, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions;
- a pair of front side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the front waist region and a pair of back side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the back waist region, each side panel having a free edge opposite the attachment edge, each front side panel free edge being releasably attachable to the free edge of an associated back side panel using article fastening components to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to one of the leg openings;
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- a finger tab extending from one of the back side panels, the finger tab having a distal end, a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge of the one of the back:
- side panels, and a proximal end attached to the free edge of the one of the back side panels, wherein the distal end has a distal end longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab line has a tab line longitudinal midpoint, wherein the finger tab has a tab central axis connecting the distal end longitudinal midpoint and the tab line longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab central axis forms an acute angle with a line parallel to the transverse axis wherein the acute angle is greater than 45 degrees, and wherein the distal end longitudinal midpoint is longitudinally offset from the tab line longitudinal midpoint in a direction toward the waist opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.