01.03.20
Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Blue Ash, OH; Nelson Edward Greening, II, Cincinnati, OH; Linda Ann Sauer, Colerain Township, OH; John Joseph Litchholt, Lawrenceburg, IN; Jason Ashley Wagner, Lawrenceburg, IN; and Sarah Nicole Wolfe, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 4/11/16
Issued: 12/10/19
A method for assembling disposable diaper pants, each diaper pant comprising a chassis having a first end region and an opposing second end region separated from each other by a central region, and having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the chassis comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the method comprising the steps of: advancing an elastic laminate in a machine direction, the elastic laminate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the elastic laminate further comprising a first graphic extending in the machine direction and the cross direction; cutting the elastic laminate along the machine direction and through the graphic to form a first elastic laminate comprising a first portion of the first graphic and a second elastic laminate comprising a second portion of the first graphic, wherein the first and second elastic laminates each include an inner longitudinal edge and an outer longitudinal edge, wherein the first portion of the first graphic comprises an end edge coincident with the inner longitudinal edge of the first elastic laminate, and wherein the second portion of the first graphic comprises an end edge coincident with the inner longitudinal edge of the second elastic laminate; separating the first elastic laminate in the cross direction from the second elastic laminate to define a gap between the inner longitudinal edge of the first elastic laminate and the inner longitudinal edge of the second elastic laminate; advancing a chassis in the machine direction, the chassis including a first side edge and a second side edge separated from the first side edge in the machine direction, wherein the chassis comprises a printed chassis substrate comprising a second graphic comprising a first end edge and a second end edge each extending in the cross direction and adjacent a side edge of the printed chassis substrate; and positioning the chassis across the gap and onto the first elastic laminate to define a first discontinuous region devoid of printing and separating the first portion of the first graphic from the second graphic, the discontinuous region defined by a substantially trapezoidal-shaped perimeter extending between the end edge of the first portion of the first graphic and the first end edge of the second graphic.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 4/11/16
Issued: 12/10/19
A method for assembling disposable diaper pants, each diaper pant comprising a chassis having a first end region and an opposing second end region separated from each other by a central region, and having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the chassis comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the method comprising the steps of: advancing an elastic laminate in a machine direction, the elastic laminate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the elastic laminate further comprising a first graphic extending in the machine direction and the cross direction; cutting the elastic laminate along the machine direction and through the graphic to form a first elastic laminate comprising a first portion of the first graphic and a second elastic laminate comprising a second portion of the first graphic, wherein the first and second elastic laminates each include an inner longitudinal edge and an outer longitudinal edge, wherein the first portion of the first graphic comprises an end edge coincident with the inner longitudinal edge of the first elastic laminate, and wherein the second portion of the first graphic comprises an end edge coincident with the inner longitudinal edge of the second elastic laminate; separating the first elastic laminate in the cross direction from the second elastic laminate to define a gap between the inner longitudinal edge of the first elastic laminate and the inner longitudinal edge of the second elastic laminate; advancing a chassis in the machine direction, the chassis including a first side edge and a second side edge separated from the first side edge in the machine direction, wherein the chassis comprises a printed chassis substrate comprising a second graphic comprising a first end edge and a second end edge each extending in the cross direction and adjacent a side edge of the printed chassis substrate; and positioning the chassis across the gap and onto the first elastic laminate to define a first discontinuous region devoid of printing and separating the first portion of the first graphic from the second graphic, the discontinuous region defined by a substantially trapezoidal-shaped perimeter extending between the end edge of the first portion of the first graphic and the first end edge of the second graphic.
