Absorbent articles and securement means

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016354262-A1
Application number	US-201615241549-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 19, 2016
Priority date	Oct 19, 2010
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An absorbent article includes a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids. The absorbent article includes a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis. The absorbent article includes a second securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion. The chassis is configured to include one of a first chassis length or a second chassis length. When the chassis includes the first length, the chassis includes a first width and the first securement portion includes a second width, and when the chassis includes the second length, the chassis includes the first width and the first securement portion includes a third width, greater than the second width.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system of absorbent articles comprising at least a first absorbent article and a second absorbent article, each absorbent article of the system compromising:
a chassis, the chassis including a length extending in a longitudinal direction from the back to the front of a user and a width extending in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the length between first and second longitudinal edges, the chassis comprising a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids; a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis; and a second securement portion having a width operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis in a position longitudinally spaced from the first securement portion and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion; wherein the first absorbent article chassis length is a first length, the first absorbent article chassis width is a first width and the first absorbent article second securement portion width is a second width; wherein the second absorbent article chassis length is a second length different from the first length, the second absorbent chassis width is the first width and the second absorbent article second securement portion width is a third width greater than the second width; a third securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis; and a fourth securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis in a position longitudinally spaced from the third securement portion and configured to releasably attach to the third securement portion; wherein the first absorbent article is configured to fit a first range of users, and the second absorbent article is configured to fit a second range of users, different from the first range of users.

Assignees

• Medline Ind Inc

Inventors

• Love Daniel B
• Setoodeh Amin
• Donovan Bridget

Classifications

• A61F13/5605 Primary

  specially adapted for sanitary napkins or the like · CPC title

• A61F13/49012 Primary

  the elastic means being elastic panels · CPC title

• A61F13/536

  having discontinuous areas of compression · CPC title

• A61F13/49058

  characterised by the modular concept of constructing the diaper · CPC title

• A61F13/49001

  having preferential bending zones, e.g. fold lines or grooves · CPC title