Absorbent Article With Leg Gasketing System

Koichi Morimoto, Cincinnati, OH; Natalia Nikolaewna Gaiko, Kronberg, Germany; Christine Elisabeth Schober, Eschborn, Germany; Mengmeng Zhang, Beijing, China; Sarah Zitzer, Giessen, Germany; Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Nettersheim, Germany; Petra Ballenberger, Kronberg, Germany; Lei Chen, Beijing, China; Franz-Josef Hermes, Cincinnati, OH; Aaron Jeffrey Knoop, Mason, OH; Kyle James Raabe, Harrison, OH; and John Andrew Strasemeier, Aurora, IN.

Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 8/2/23
Issued: 4/28/26

An absorbent article having a skin facing side, a garment facing side, a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, a pair of longitudinally extending side edges, and a pair of transversely extending end edges, the absorbent article comprising an absorbent body comprising: a core chassis comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent core having a smaller dimension than the backsheet in both a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction; an outer cover disposed on a garment facing side of the backsheet, the outer cover having a greater dimension than the absorbent core in the transverse direction, and a same or smaller dimension than the backsheet in both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction; and a pair of core side regions defined as a region between respective absorbent core side edges and backsheet side edges; and a leg gasketing system made by a pair of water impermeable cuff materials disposed laterally outside and wrapping a pair of sides edges of the core chassis, the leg gasketing system comprising: a pair of wearer facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a wearer facing side of the core chassis, each wearer facing cuff region comprising a longitudinally extending inner cuff sealing and a longitudinally extending inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and the topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis; and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on the garment facing cuff regions, each outer cuff elastic element superposing the core side regions and disposed outward from the inner cuff sealings; wherein the outer cuff elastic element is disposed on the garment facing cuff region; and wherein the cuff material for forming the garment facing surface of the garment facing cuff region is defined by a first garment facing fold, wherein the first garment facing fold is further folded and extended outwardly to form a second garment facing fold, and wherein the outer cuff elastic element is sandwiched between the first garment facing fold and the second garment facing fold.