Length-to-hip silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016100996-A1
Application number	US-201514809334-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 27, 2015
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An absorbent article or an array of absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have particular Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette(s).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; a front belt disposed in the front waist region; a back belt disposed in the back waist region; wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the front belt comprises a first film; wherein the back belt comprises a second film; a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings; wherein the article has a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from 0.9 to about 0.3

2 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second films are elastomeric.

3 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises cellulosic fibers.

4 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises absorbent gelling material.

5 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , further comprising a graphic.

6 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the seams are refastenable.

7 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of elastics are disposed between a film layer of the backsheet and a nonwoven layer of the backsheet.

8 . The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article has a relaxed product length greater than about 230 mm and less than about 490 mm.

9 . An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size; a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size; wherein the first absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
wherein the second absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
wherein at least one of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from 0.9 to about 0.3.

10 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein the first and second packages comprise the same brand name.

11 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first and second films of at least one of the first and second absorbent articles are elastomeric.

12 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles comprise an absorbent core comprising cellulosic fibers.

13 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein each of the absorbent cores comprises absorbent gelling material.

14 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein the first and second absorbent articles each comprise a graphic.

15 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first and second absorbent articles comprises refastenable seams.

16 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of elastics of at least one of the absorbent articles are disposed between a film layer of the backsheet and a nonwoven layer of the backsheet.

17 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first and second articles has a relaxed product length greater than about 230 mm and less than about 490 mm.

18 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein at least the first and second absorbent articles in the array have a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from 0.9 to about 0.3.

19 . The array of packages of claim 9 , further comprising a third package comprising a third absorbent article having a third size.

20 . The array of packages of claim 19 , wherein at least the first, second, and third absorbent articles in the array have a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from 0.9 to about 0.3.

21 . The array of packages of claim 19 , wherein the first, second, and third packages comprise the same brand name.

22 . The array of packages of claim 19 , wherein at least two of the first, second, and third absorbent articles comprise chassis having identical cross-sectional dispositions.

23 . The array of packages of claim 19 , wherein the third absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; a front belt disposed in the front waist region; a back belt disposed in the back waist region; wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; the front belt comprising a first film; the back belt comprising a second film; and a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings.

24 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein the first and second packages have at least one of a same brand name, a same sub-brand name, a same manufacturer, and trademarks.

25 . The array of packages of claim 19 , wherein the first, second, and third packages have at least one of a same brand name, a same sub-brand name, a same manufacturer, and trademarks.

26 . The array of packages of claim 25 , wherein the first and second packages have the same sub-brand name.

27 . The array of packages of claim 26 , wherein the first and second packages have the same trademarks.

28 . The array of packages of claim 19 , further comprising a fourth package comprising a fourth third absorbent article having a fourth size.

29 . The array of packages of claim 9 , wherein an average targeted waist of at least two of the products is different and wherein a relaxed product length of the at least two product is different.

30 . An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size; a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size; wherein the first absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the front belt comprises a first film;
wherein the back belt comprises a second film;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
wherein the second absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Seitz Bret Darren
• Lavon Gary Dean
• Trygier Jill
• Melendez Vanessa

Classifications

• A61F2013/49082

  being a complex shape not covered by the other groups A61F2013/49068-A61F2013/4908 · CPC title

• A61F13/55105 Primary

  packaging of diapers · CPC title

• A61F13/496

  in the form of pants or briefs · CPC title

• A61F13/49007 Primary

  Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers · CPC title

• A61F2013/8497

  having decorations or indicia means · CPC title