05.05.20
Koichi Morimoto, Beijing, China; Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH; Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH; and LeAnn Nichole Phillips, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/26/17
Issued: 4/7/20
A wearable article, comprising: a main body; a front belt; a back belt; wherein a center of the front belt is joined to a front waist panel of the main body; wherein a center of the back belt is joined to a back waist panel of the main body; wherein the front and back belts each have a left side panel and a right side panel where the main body does not overlap, and transverse edges of the front belt and the back belt are joined by side seams to form a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein each of the front belt and back belt are formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other, and at least a portion of elasticity of at least some of the elastic bodies is removed of its elasticity, such that a transverse width of an elastic body removed of its elasticity defines an elastic cut window; wherein the front belt has a set of elastic cut windows, and wherein the transverse width of the elastic body having a longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window of the front belt; wherein the back belt has a set of elastic cut windows, and wherein the transverse width of the elastic body having a longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window of the back belt; wherein the maximum elastic cut window of the back belt is greater than the maximum elastic cut window of the front belt; wherein each front belt and back belt have transversely continuous proximal and distal edges, the proximal edge being located closer than the distal edge relative to a longitudinal center of the article, each front belt and back belt having side edges; wherein an entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt is seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a side seam length LS; wherein the front and back belts are each divided into 4 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by its location from the distal edge to the proximal edge relative to the percentage of the side seam length LS wherein 0-25% is defined a waist zone, 25-50% is defined a distal tummy zone, 50-85% is defined a proximal tummy zone, and 85-100% is defined a leg zone.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/26/17
Issued: 4/7/20
A wearable article, comprising: a main body; a front belt; a back belt; wherein a center of the front belt is joined to a front waist panel of the main body; wherein a center of the back belt is joined to a back waist panel of the main body; wherein the front and back belts each have a left side panel and a right side panel where the main body does not overlap, and transverse edges of the front belt and the back belt are joined by side seams to form a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein each of the front belt and back belt are formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other, and at least a portion of elasticity of at least some of the elastic bodies is removed of its elasticity, such that a transverse width of an elastic body removed of its elasticity defines an elastic cut window; wherein the front belt has a set of elastic cut windows, and wherein the transverse width of the elastic body having a longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window of the front belt; wherein the back belt has a set of elastic cut windows, and wherein the transverse width of the elastic body having a longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window of the back belt; wherein the maximum elastic cut window of the back belt is greater than the maximum elastic cut window of the front belt; wherein each front belt and back belt have transversely continuous proximal and distal edges, the proximal edge being located closer than the distal edge relative to a longitudinal center of the article, each front belt and back belt having side edges; wherein an entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt is seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a side seam length LS; wherein the front and back belts are each divided into 4 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by its location from the distal edge to the proximal edge relative to the percentage of the side seam length LS wherein 0-25% is defined a waist zone, 25-50% is defined a distal tummy zone, 50-85% is defined a proximal tummy zone, and 85-100% is defined a leg zone.
