09.01.23
Carlos E. Roldan-Posada, Medellin, Colombia; Andrea F. Orifici, Olavarría, Argentina; and Juliana Restrepo, London, U.K.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 1/13/21
Issued: 7/18/23
An absorbent article comprising a chassis having a front end section with a front waist region including a front waist edge and a rear end section having a rear waist region including a rear waist edge, said front waist region and rear waist region being joined by a crotch region, said chassis including an absorbent body, said chassis further including a body facing surface, said article defining a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis located midway between said front waist edge and said rear waist edge, said article further defining a vertical axis; a pair of containment flaps attached to said body facing surface of said chassis, each of said pair of containment flaps having a proximal edge adjacent and attached to said body facing surface of said chassis and a distal edge joined to said proximal edge by a medial section, each said containment flaps defining a length and having a first end and a second end, said first end being located in said front waist region and said second end being located in said rear waist region, each of said containment flaps having a first portion at least a portion of which is located in said front waist region of said article and a second portion at least a portion of which is located in said rear waist region of said article, the second portion of each containment flap further comprising a secondary material coupled to one of the absorbent facing surface and the body facing surface with the secondary material extending laterally at least partially between the proximal edge of the containment flap and the distal edge of the containment flap and longitudinally in a continuous manner between the rear waist region and the crotch region and having a first end edge forming a juncture between the containment flap first portion and the containment flap second portion, the juncture located within the crotch region, the secondary material imparting the second portion of each of said containment flaps one or more properties of stiffness, thickness, height, basis weight, and coefficient of friction that is different from said one or more properties in said first portion of said same containment flap.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 1/13/21
Issued: 7/18/23
An absorbent article comprising a chassis having a front end section with a front waist region including a front waist edge and a rear end section having a rear waist region including a rear waist edge, said front waist region and rear waist region being joined by a crotch region, said chassis including an absorbent body, said chassis further including a body facing surface, said article defining a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis located midway between said front waist edge and said rear waist edge, said article further defining a vertical axis; a pair of containment flaps attached to said body facing surface of said chassis, each of said pair of containment flaps having a proximal edge adjacent and attached to said body facing surface of said chassis and a distal edge joined to said proximal edge by a medial section, each said containment flaps defining a length and having a first end and a second end, said first end being located in said front waist region and said second end being located in said rear waist region, each of said containment flaps having a first portion at least a portion of which is located in said front waist region of said article and a second portion at least a portion of which is located in said rear waist region of said article, the second portion of each containment flap further comprising a secondary material coupled to one of the absorbent facing surface and the body facing surface with the secondary material extending laterally at least partially between the proximal edge of the containment flap and the distal edge of the containment flap and longitudinally in a continuous manner between the rear waist region and the crotch region and having a first end edge forming a juncture between the containment flap first portion and the containment flap second portion, the juncture located within the crotch region, the secondary material imparting the second portion of each of said containment flaps one or more properties of stiffness, thickness, height, basis weight, and coefficient of friction that is different from said one or more properties in said first portion of said same containment flap.
