12.22.22
Bret Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH; Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Jill Trygier, West Chester, OH; and Vanessa Melendez, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 8/9/18
Issued: 11/22/22
An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles, the array comprising: a first package comprising a first disposable absorbent article, the first absorbent article being a first size and in a closed form; a second package comprising a second disposable absorbent article, the second absorbent article being a second size and in a closed form; wherein each of the first and second disposable absorbent articles comprise a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, a pair of side seams, front and back belts, and chassis; wherein each of the front belts comprise a first end edge and a second end edge and a folded edge that forms a portion of the waist opening of each of the absorbent articles, and wherein the first end edge of each of the front belts is disposed longitudinally outboard of the second end edge of each of the front belts and longitudinally inboard of the folded edge of each of the front belts; wherein the second end edge of the each of the front belts overlaps the chassis from the first side edge of the chassis to the second side edge of the chassis and is joined to an exterior surface of the chassis; wherein each of the back belts comprise a first end edge and a second end edge and a folded edge that forms a portion of the waist opening of each of the absorbent articles, and wherein the first end edge of each of the back belts is disposed longitudinally outboard of the second end edge of each of the back belts and longitudinally inboard of the folded edge of each of the back belts; wherein the folded edges of the front and back belts continuously form the waist opening; wherein the second end edge of each of the back belts overlaps the chassis from the first side edge of the chassis to the second side edge of the chassis and is joined to an exterior surface of the chassis; wherein the second size is larger than the first size; wherein the second absorbent article has one or more of: (a) a larger Relaxed Product Side Length than the first absorbent article; and (b) a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article; wherein a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of the second absorbent article is equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of the first absorbent article; and wherein the first package and the second package are in the same array.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 8/9/18
Issued: 11/22/22
An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles, the array comprising: a first package comprising a first disposable absorbent article, the first absorbent article being a first size and in a closed form; a second package comprising a second disposable absorbent article, the second absorbent article being a second size and in a closed form; wherein each of the first and second disposable absorbent articles comprise a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, a pair of side seams, front and back belts, and chassis; wherein each of the front belts comprise a first end edge and a second end edge and a folded edge that forms a portion of the waist opening of each of the absorbent articles, and wherein the first end edge of each of the front belts is disposed longitudinally outboard of the second end edge of each of the front belts and longitudinally inboard of the folded edge of each of the front belts; wherein the second end edge of the each of the front belts overlaps the chassis from the first side edge of the chassis to the second side edge of the chassis and is joined to an exterior surface of the chassis; wherein each of the back belts comprise a first end edge and a second end edge and a folded edge that forms a portion of the waist opening of each of the absorbent articles, and wherein the first end edge of each of the back belts is disposed longitudinally outboard of the second end edge of each of the back belts and longitudinally inboard of the folded edge of each of the back belts; wherein the folded edges of the front and back belts continuously form the waist opening; wherein the second end edge of each of the back belts overlaps the chassis from the first side edge of the chassis to the second side edge of the chassis and is joined to an exterior surface of the chassis; wherein the second size is larger than the first size; wherein the second absorbent article has one or more of: (a) a larger Relaxed Product Side Length than the first absorbent article; and (b) a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article; wherein a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of the second absorbent article is equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of the first absorbent article; and wherein the first package and the second package are in the same array.