07.28.23
Kumardipti Chatterjee, Indian Hill, OH; and Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, South Lebanon, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/3/21
Issued: 6/20/23
A method of forming front and back waist gasketing elements on an absorbent article comprising the steps of: providing a web of chassis material; providing a plurality of waist gasketing elements, each waist gasketing element having a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge; and wherein each waist gasketing element further comprises a top layer and a bottom layer; bonding the top and bottom layers of the waist gasketing elements in closure bond regions; joining the waist gasketing elements to the web of chassis material to form a strip of final articles; dividing the strip of final articles between the first and second transverse edges of the waist gasketing elements such that a cut separates two final articles, the two final articles comprising a leading article and a trailing article, wherein each cut: is disposed at least partially within a closure bond region; forms a back waist edge of the leading article and a front waist edge of the trailing article; and forms an outboard lateral edge of a back waist gasketing element on the leading article and an outboard lateral edge of a front waist gasketing element on the trailing article.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/3/21
Issued: 6/20/23
A method of forming front and back waist gasketing elements on an absorbent article comprising the steps of: providing a web of chassis material; providing a plurality of waist gasketing elements, each waist gasketing element having a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge; and wherein each waist gasketing element further comprises a top layer and a bottom layer; bonding the top and bottom layers of the waist gasketing elements in closure bond regions; joining the waist gasketing elements to the web of chassis material to form a strip of final articles; dividing the strip of final articles between the first and second transverse edges of the waist gasketing elements such that a cut separates two final articles, the two final articles comprising a leading article and a trailing article, wherein each cut: is disposed at least partially within a closure bond region; forms a back waist edge of the leading article and a front waist edge of the trailing article; and forms an outboard lateral edge of a back waist gasketing element on the leading article and an outboard lateral edge of a front waist gasketing element on the trailing article.