Back to results
US 9,808,380 B2Granted
Absorbent article with elastically elongatable panel
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsHerbert Bader, Horst Kurrer, Marcel Grossmann, Olga Fezert
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Closure elements that include elastic and non-elastic regions are disclosed as well as absorbent articles that include closure elements.
Claims20
A closure element with elastic and non-elastic regions comprising:
- a nonwoven web;
- an elastically extensible film strip joined to the top surface of the nonwoven web;
- a nonwoven material disposed on top of the film strip;
- and
- a strip of a fastening material disposed on top of the nonwoven web, wherein the fastening material comprises a plurality of hook projections extending from a base, and at least one region that is free of any hook projections, wherein at least one of the film strip and the nonwoven material overlaps with the region that is free of any hook projections such that the at least one of the film strip and the nonwoven material is disposed on top of the region that is free of any hook projections.
2 more elements
A closure element comprising:
- a nonwoven web;
- an elastically stretchable film strip joined to the top surface of the nonwoven web;
- a nonwoven material disposed on the film strip;
- and
- a strip of a fastening material disposed on top of the nonwoven web, wherein the fastening material comprises a plurality of hook projections extending from a top surface of a base, and a plurality of projections extending from a bottom surface of the base, wherein at least some of the projections extending from the bottom surface of the base penetrate the nonwoven web.
2 more elements
An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious layer;
- a liquid impervious layer;
- a core disposed between the liquid pervious and the liquid impervious layers;
- and
- a closure element wherein the closure element comprises:
- a nonwoven web;
- an elastically extensible film strip joined to the top surface of the nonwoven web;
- a nonwoven material bonded on top of the film strip;
- and
- a strip of a fastening material disposed on top of the nonwoven web, wherein the fastening material comprises a plurality of hook projections extending from a base and at least one region that is free of any hook projections and wherein at least one of the film strip and the nonwoven material overlaps with the region of the fastening material that is free of any hook projections such that the at least one of the film strip and the nonwoven material is bonded to a top surface of the region that is free of any hook projections.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.