04.03.20
Ronald Joseph Zink, Blue Ash, OH; Farihah Ibrahim, Cincinnati, OH; Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH; Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Tina Marie Glahn, West Chester, OH; Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH; and Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Columbus, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 4/25/16
Issued: 3/3/20
An absorbent article comprising: a chassis comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and a belt portion extending from the chassis, wherein the belt portion comprises: a first substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a nonwoven material comprising a plurality of densified regions, wherein the plurality of densified regions form a non-linear pattern, wherein the plurality of densified regions have an aspect ratio of about 2 to about 10, and wherein at least some of the plurality of densified regions have a thickness that is less than about 1/3 of a thickness of non-densified areas in the first substrate; a second substrate nested with the first substrate; a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate; and a texture zone having a texture ratio of greater than 5, wherein the plurality of densified regions define a frequency of rugosities of the texture zone.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 4/25/16
Issued: 3/3/20
An absorbent article comprising: a chassis comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and a belt portion extending from the chassis, wherein the belt portion comprises: a first substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a nonwoven material comprising a plurality of densified regions, wherein the plurality of densified regions form a non-linear pattern, wherein the plurality of densified regions have an aspect ratio of about 2 to about 10, and wherein at least some of the plurality of densified regions have a thickness that is less than about 1/3 of a thickness of non-densified areas in the first substrate; a second substrate nested with the first substrate; a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate; and a texture zone having a texture ratio of greater than 5, wherein the plurality of densified regions define a frequency of rugosities of the texture zone.