10.04.22
Xuechun Wang, Beijing, China; Koichi Morimoto, Beijing, China; and Hui Liu, Beijing, China.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 8/26/19
Issued: 8/30/22
An absorbent article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the front and back elastic belt regions being a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the front and back elastic belt regions in the transverse direction, the outer sheet having a material caliper of at least about 0.25 mm at 500 Pa; the article further comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; the absorbent core existing through the entire longitudinal dimension of the crotch region and extending at least partly in the back elastic belt region; the back elastic belt region including a region where the absorbent core is present having a maximum caliper, MaxBC, and the back elastic belt region including a region where the absorbent core is not present having a minimum caliper, MinBC, according to the measurements herein, wherein the difference between the MaxBC and the MinBC is no greater than about 5 mm.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 8/26/19
Issued: 8/30/22
An absorbent article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the front and back elastic belt regions being a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the front and back elastic belt regions in the transverse direction, the outer sheet having a material caliper of at least about 0.25 mm at 500 Pa; the article further comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; the absorbent core existing through the entire longitudinal dimension of the crotch region and extending at least partly in the back elastic belt region; the back elastic belt region including a region where the absorbent core is present having a maximum caliper, MaxBC, and the back elastic belt region including a region where the absorbent core is not present having a minimum caliper, MinBC, according to the measurements herein, wherein the difference between the MaxBC and the MinBC is no greater than about 5 mm.