05.31.17
Sarah Marie Wade, Liberty Township, OH; and Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 3/12/14
Issued: 4/4/17
An absorbent article comprising a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the absorbent article comprising: a first inner belt web; a first outer belt web; wherein the first inner and outer belt webs are joined to form a first belt; a second inner belt web; a second outer belt web; wherein the second inner and outer belt webs are joined to form a second belt; a first plurality of elastics disposed between the first inner belt web and the first outer belt web; a second plurality of elastics disposed between the second inner belt web and the second outer belt web; a center chassis having a first end and a second end, the center chassis comprising a topsheet and a backsheet and a core therebetween, the backsheet comprising a film and a nonwoven, the backsheet being shaped at side edges to form a transversely narrow portion of the backsheet at the crotch region versus transversely wide portions adjacent to and at the front and back regions; wherein the first belt is joined to the first end and the second belt is joined to the second end; wherein the first and second belts are joined to form a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein portions of the second belt making up the leg openings comprise non-linear portions; wherein the center chassis comprises leg cuffs and wherein a center portion of each leg cuff disposed in at least a portion of the crotch region extends laterally outboard of a respective one of the side edges of the backsheet and end portions of each leg cuff disposed in at least a portion of the front and back regions are laterally inboard of the respective one of the side edges of the backsheet; and wherein at least a portion of the leg cuffs are joined to a wearer facing surface of the topsheet and a wearer facing surface of the backsheet film so that, along a transverse axis, the leg cuffs locate entirely above the topsheet and backsheet.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 3/12/14
Issued: 4/4/17
An absorbent article comprising a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the absorbent article comprising: a first inner belt web; a first outer belt web; wherein the first inner and outer belt webs are joined to form a first belt; a second inner belt web; a second outer belt web; wherein the second inner and outer belt webs are joined to form a second belt; a first plurality of elastics disposed between the first inner belt web and the first outer belt web; a second plurality of elastics disposed between the second inner belt web and the second outer belt web; a center chassis having a first end and a second end, the center chassis comprising a topsheet and a backsheet and a core therebetween, the backsheet comprising a film and a nonwoven, the backsheet being shaped at side edges to form a transversely narrow portion of the backsheet at the crotch region versus transversely wide portions adjacent to and at the front and back regions; wherein the first belt is joined to the first end and the second belt is joined to the second end; wherein the first and second belts are joined to form a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein portions of the second belt making up the leg openings comprise non-linear portions; wherein the center chassis comprises leg cuffs and wherein a center portion of each leg cuff disposed in at least a portion of the crotch region extends laterally outboard of a respective one of the side edges of the backsheet and end portions of each leg cuff disposed in at least a portion of the front and back regions are laterally inboard of the respective one of the side edges of the backsheet; and wherein at least a portion of the leg cuffs are joined to a wearer facing surface of the topsheet and a wearer facing surface of the backsheet film so that, along a transverse axis, the leg cuffs locate entirely above the topsheet and backsheet.
