US 9,808,378 B2Granted

Absorbent articles and methods of manufacturing the same

AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.

InventorsDaniel B. Love, Amin Setoodeh, Bridget Donovan

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Abstract

An absorbent article includes a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids. The absorbent article includes a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis. The absorbent article includes a second securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion. The chassis is configured to include one of a first chassis length or a second chassis length. When the chassis includes the first length, the chassis includes a first width and the first securement portion includes a second width, and when the chassis includes the second length, the chassis includes the first width and the first securement portion includes a third width, greater than the second width.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system of absorbent articles comprising a first absorbent article and a second absorbent article, each absorbent article of the system comprising:

a chassis, the chassis including a length extending in a longitudinal direction from the back to the front of a user and a width extending in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the length between first and second longitudinal edges, the chassis comprising a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids;
a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis;
a second securement portion having a stretch portion and a non-stretch portion, the second securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis in a position longitudinally spaced from the first securement portion and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion;
wherein for the first absorbent article, the chassis length is a first length, the stretch portion of the second securement portion has a first width and the non-stretch portion of the second securement portion has a second width;
and
wherein for the second absorbent article, the chassis length is a second length different from the first length, the stretch portion of the second securement portion has the first width and the non-stretch portion of the second securement portion has a third width greater than the second width.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/241,477Filed 19 Aug 2016 · continuation
Priority: 19 Oct 2010
Published: US 2016/0354261 A18 Dec 2016
Granted: 7 Nov 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61F 13/49
Characterised by the shape: specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers or nappies
A61F 13/49001
Specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers or nappies: having preferential bending zones, e.g. fold lines or grooves
A61F 13/49011
With elastic means: the elastic means is located at the waist region
A61F 13/49012
The elastic means is located at the waist region: the elastic means being elastic panels

Family

Application61/394,758Us provisional application · filed 19 Oct 2010
Application13/276,843Parent of this division · filed 19 Oct 2011
Application14/459,806Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Aug 2014
US 2016/0354261 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Dec 2016
US 9,498,388 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,439,811 B2Parent of this division
Application14/459,806Parent of this division
US 2012/0271267 A1Published application
US 2014/0358108 A1Published application
US 9,808,378 B2This patent

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