US 9,844,478 B2Granted

Pull-on wearable article with informational image

AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company

InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Melanie D Allen, Kathleen Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Mark John Ciesko, Barry Robert Fiest, Eiro Fukkuda, George Bartol Glackin

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Abstract

A pull-on wearable article includes a main portion including an outer cover, the main portion defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front and rear waist regions. First and second extendable side panels extend between and connect the main portion front waist region and the main portion rear waist region to form the article in a closed waist configuration, at least a portion of each side panel being extendable between a relaxed state and an extended state. The article defines first and second side regions, each side region including one of the first and second side panels and a transverse region of the main portion bordering the respective side panel. An informational image is disposed in at least the first side region. The article may further include a texture feature formed in an outer surface of the article and positioned proximate to the informational image to form a composite image. Alternatively or additionally, the image includes a cognitively functional graphic.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A pull-on wearable article comprising:

a main portion including an outer cover, the main portion defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front and rear waist regions;
a first side region and a second side region joined to the main portion;
a first side panel disposed in the first side region and a second side panel disposed in the second side region, wherein at least a portion of each side panel being extendable between a relaxed state and an extended state;
a first transverse region adjacent the first side panel and a second transverse region adjacent the second side panel, wherein the first transverse region is included in the first side region and the second transverse region is included in the second side region;
and
a first graphic disposed on the first side region and a second graphic disposed on the second side region,
wherein at least a portion of the first graphic is disposed on the first side panel and at least a portion of the second graphic is disposed on the second side panel,
wherein at least a portion of the first graphic is disposed on the first transverse region and at least a portion of the second graphic is disposed on the second transverse region,
wherein the first graphic is legible when the first side panel is in the relaxed state, and wherein the second graphic is legible when the second side panel is in the relaxed state.

6 more elements

A pull-on wearable article comprising:

a main portion including an outer cover, the main portion defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front and rear waist regions;
a first side region and a second side region joined to the main portion;
a first side panel disposed in the first side region and a second side panel disposed in the second side region, wherein the first side panel and the second side panel each extend between and connect the main portion front waist region and the main portion rear waist region to form the article in a closed waist configuration, at least a portion of each side panel being extendable between a relaxed state and an extended state;
and
a first transverse region disposed in the first side region and adjacent to the first side panel and a second transverse region disposed in the second side region and adjacent to the second side panel;
a first graphic disposed on the first side region, wherein a first portion of the first graphic is disposed on a portion of the first transverse region, and wherein a second portion of the first graphic is disposed on a portion of the first side panel;
a second graphic disposed on the second side region, wherein a first portion of the second graphic is disposed on a portion of the second transverse region, and wherein a second portion of the second graphic is disposed on a portion of the second side panel,
wherein the first graphic is legible when the first side panel is in the relaxed state, and wherein the second graphic is legible when the second side panel is in the relaxed state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/159,962Filed 21 Jan 2014 · continuation
Priority: 18 Mar 2005
Published: US 2014/0135729 A115 May 2014
Granted: 19 Dec 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A61F 13/84
Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor;…:…
A61F 13/49017
With elastic means: the elastic means being located at the crotch region
A61F 13/496
Specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers or nappies: in the form of pants or briefs
A61F 13/51496
Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin: having visual effects

Family

Application11/083,606Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Mar 2005
Application12/985,682Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jan 2011
US 7,887,522 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Feb 2011
US 2014/0135729 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 May 2014
US 8,657,802 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2006/0212010 A1Published application
US 2011/0106041 A1Published application
US 9,844,478 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.