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US 9,387,138 B2Granted
Reusable outer covers for wearable absorbent articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorDonald Carroll Roe
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Abstract
Reusable outer covers for wearable absorbent articles.
Claims31
A wearable absorbent article comprising:
- a reusable outer cover configured to cover an absorbent core and to form an outside of a wearable absorbent article, including an elastic leg band, wherein in an unwashed condition the elastic leg band has a first particular leg force and, after at least one wash cycle the elastic leg band has a second particular leg force that is equal to the first particular leg force +/−20%;
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- a disposable absorbent core.
A wearable absorbent article comprising:
- a reusable outer cover configured to cover an absorbent core and to form an outside of a wearable absorbent article, wherein in an unwashed condition the outer cover has a whole product back extension first particular force and, after at least one wash cycle has a whole product back extension second particular force that is equal to the first particular force +/−20%;
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- a disposable absorbent core.
A reusable outer cover configured to cover an absorbent core and to form an outside of a wearable absorbent article, wherein the outer cover experiences a dimensional shrinkage that is less than or equal to about 20% after at least one wash cycle, and wherein the reusable outer cover comprises fastening elements for the absorbent core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.