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US 8,998,870 B2Granted
Reusable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring systems
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorDonald Carroll Roe
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Abstract
Reusable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring systems.
Claims12
A wearable absorbent article comprising:
- a reusable outer cover;
- and
- a disposable absorbent core comprising barrier leg cuffs and fasteners for retaining the absorbent core to the reusable outer cover;
- the reusable outer cover configured to form an outside of the wearable absorbent article, the reusable outer cover comprising a lateral axis defining a front and a back, and an anchoring system configured to anchor the absorbent core to a wearer of the article, wherein the anchoring system comprises:
- a first load distribution element in the back;
- a second load distribution element in the back;
- a third load distribution element in the front;
- a fourth load distribution element in the front;
- a first circumferential anchoring member in the back;
- a second circumferential anchoring member in the front;
- and
- a spine extending from the first circumferential anchoring member to the second circumferential anchoring member along a longitudinal axis of the reusable outer cover, wherein the first and second load distribution elements engage the spine and the first circumferential anchoring member in the back, wherein the third and fourth load distribution elements engage the spine and the second circumferential anchoring member in the front, and wherein the circumferential anchoring members, the load distribution elements, and the spine are all individual elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.