11.10.14
Gregory Ashton, Cincinnati, OH, US; Eiro Fukuda, Mason, OH, US; Eric Patton Weinberger, Fairfield, OH, US; and Daniel Clark Buchner, Boston, MA, US. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, US.
Filed: 1/5/07
Issued: 3/18/14
A method comprising the steps of: a. donning a reversibly foreshortened absorbent article in a pre-application state, the absorbent article comprising front region and a back region separated by a crotch, the absorbent article further comprising side panels, wherein in the pre-application state the absorbent article comprises a furled continuous belt formed by the side panels and the front and back regions of the absorbent article, wherein the furled continuous belt comprises multiple rolls, wherein the side panels have a pre-application side panel length, Li, and a post-application side panel length, Lf, wherein Li, is less than Lf; and b. extending the side panels to a post-application side panel length, Lf, from a pre-application side panel length, Li, once the absorbent article is at least raised up an infant’s legs and the crotch of the absorbent article is proximate the infant’s crotch.
Filed: 1/5/07
Issued: 3/18/14
A method comprising the steps of: a. donning a reversibly foreshortened absorbent article in a pre-application state, the absorbent article comprising front region and a back region separated by a crotch, the absorbent article further comprising side panels, wherein in the pre-application state the absorbent article comprises a furled continuous belt formed by the side panels and the front and back regions of the absorbent article, wherein the furled continuous belt comprises multiple rolls, wherein the side panels have a pre-application side panel length, Li, and a post-application side panel length, Lf, wherein Li, is less than Lf; and b. extending the side panels to a post-application side panel length, Lf, from a pre-application side panel length, Li, once the absorbent article is at least raised up an infant’s legs and the crotch of the absorbent article is proximate the infant’s crotch.