Disposable pull-on garment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10085894-B2
Application number	US-201514742048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2015
Priority date	Feb 13, 2012
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region. The absorbent article has a main portion, a side portion, and a waist portion. The waist portion has a belt portion that has a front belt portion having elastomeric material and a back belt portion having elastomeric material. The front belt portion has a first elastic section and a second elastic section, each section having force zones. The back belt portion has a third elastic section and a fourth elastic section, each section having force zones. The force zones in the portions alternate between a high force zone and a low force zone in at least one belt portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An absorbent article comprising a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, a back region, main portion, a side portion, one or more seams, a main body, and a waist portion; the side portion disposed transversely outboard of the main portion; the waist portion comprising a belt portion; the belt portion comprising of a front belt portion comprising elastomeric material and a back belt portion comprising elastomeric material;
wherein all of the front belt elastomeric material is located between a first belt layer and a second belt layer, the front belt elastomeric material being in the same plane;
wherein the front belt portion comprises a plurality of force zones;
wherein the plurality of force zones comprise a high force zone and a low force zone in at least one belt portion;
wherein the force zones of the front belt portion each comprise a first plurality of elastic strands;
wherein the first plurality of elastic strands in at least one of the force zones of the front belt portion has a Dtex value that is different from the plurality of elastics in one or more of the remaining force zones in the front belt portion; and
wherein the front belt portion comprises a high force zone adjacent to a low force zone located adjacent to a first waist edge, the high force zone and the low force zone located between the first waist edge and the main body front end edge and wherein the high force zone does not overlap the main body.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of force zones alternate between a high force zone and a low force zone in at least one belt portion.

3. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elastic strands have a Dtex Range of between 300 and 2,000.

4. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of force zones in one or both of the belt portions alternate between a high force zone and a low force zone.

5. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the front belt portion and back belt portion are refastenably connected at the seams.

6. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second belt layers is continuous from the front belt portion to the back belt portion.

7. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein both of the first and second belt layers of the front belt portion are discrete from the first and second belt layers of the back belt portion.

8. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric material comprising elastic strands of one or more of the force zones have a pre-strain value of between 100% and 300%.

9. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric material comprising elastic strands of one or more of the force zones have an average elastic spacing of between 3mm and 27 mm.

10. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric material comprises one or more material selected from the group consisting of elastic strands, elastomeric films, elastomeric ribbons, elastomeric nonwovens, elastomeric filaments, elastomeric adhesives, elastomeric foams, elastomeric scrims and combinations thereof.

11. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article comprises a continuous force zone and a discontinuous force zone.

Assignees

• Lavon Gary Dean
• Nishikawa Masaharu
• Barnhorst Jacob Alan
• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Lavon Gary Dean
• Nishikawa Masaharu
• Barnhorst Jacob Alan

Classifications

• A61F13/49014 Primary

  the elastic means is located at the side panels · CPC title

• A61F13/4902

  characterised by the elastic material · CPC title

• A61F13/49012 Primary

  the elastic means being elastic panels · CPC title

• A61F2013/49026

  with variable spacing · CPC title

• A61F2013/49041

  having a specific location other than covered by groups A61F13/49011 - A61F13/49019 · CPC title