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    Absorbent Article Having a Folded Waist:

    U.S. Patent No. 9,622,920

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    07.31.17
    Gregory Ashton, Venice, FL; Eiro Fukuda, Mason, OH; Eric Patton Weinberger, Fairfield, OH; and Daniel Clark Buchner, Boston, MA.
    Assigned to The Proctor & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

    Filed: 9/8/14
    Issued: 4/18/17

    A pull-on wearable article comprising: a front region; a back region opposite the front region; a first central longitudinal axis extending parallel to a vertical plane equally bisecting the front region; a second central longitudinal axis extending parallel to a vertical plane equally bisecting the back region; a crotch region disposed between the front region and the back region, wherein the crotch region comprises two opposing longitudinal edges; a chassis comprising an absorbent core extending from the front region to the back region, the absorbent core comprising a front end edge and a back end edge; wherein the front region extends laterally outward beyond side edges of the chassis and the back region extends laterally outward beyond side edges of the chassis; wherein the front region comprises a first front edge and a second front edge, wherein the first front edge extends in a direction parallel to the first central longitudinal axis, and wherein the second front edge extends in a direction parallel to the first central longitudinal axis; wherein the back region comprises a first back edge and a second back edge, wherein the first back edge extends in a direction parallel to the second central longitudinal axis, and wherein the second back edge extends in a direction parallel to the second central longitudinal axis; wherein a portion of the front region including the first front edge and a portion of the back region including the first back edge abut to form a first seam; wherein a portion of the front region including the second front edge and a portion of the back region including the second back edge abut to form a second seam; wherein the front region and the back region are configured to form a continuous belt, a first leg opening, and a second leg opening; wherein at least one of the front region and the back region comprises an elastic member, wherein the elastic member comprises a film having one or more apertures; and a folded continuous belt portion comprising a fold line and including at least a first outer nonwoven layer of the front region and at least a second outer nonwoven layer of the back region, wherein the folded continuous belt portion extends about a circumference of the continuous belt when positioned on the wearer, and wherein the folded continuous belt portion comprises an upper edge coinciding with the fold line in the front and back regions such that a distal end of each of the first and second outer nonwoven layers is disposed between the upper edge and the front and back end edges of the absorbent core, respectively; wherein the folded continuous belt portion comprises a first portion disposed in the front region and extending in a lateral direction between the first seam and the second seam and extending in a longitudinal direction between the upper edge and the distal end of the nonwoven outer layer, wherein the first portion has a first longitudinal distance measured from the upper edge to the distal end of the nonwoven outer layer; wherein the folded continuous belt portion comprises a second portion disposed in the back region and extending in a lateral direction between the first seam and the second seam and extending in the longitudinal direction between the upper edge and the distal end of the nonwoven outer layer, wherein the second portion has a second longitudinal distance measured from the upper edge to the distal end of the nonwoven outer layer; wherein the first longitudinal distance is substantially the same as the second longitudinal distance; wherein the first seam comprises a pattern of discrete spaced bonds extending continuously in the longitudinal direction from the first leg opening to the upper edge; and wherein the second seam comprises a pattern of discrete spaced bonds extending continuously in the longitudinal direction from the second leg opening to the upper edge.
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