Belt attachment process for an absorbent article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8940118-B2
Application number	US-201113315357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2011
Priority date	Dec 20, 2010
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

A method and device for assembling diapers of intentionally varied size. The method may comprise providing a series of waist belts having a fixed longitudinal length, and a series of chassis having a fixed longitudinal length. The waist belts may be aligned with the chassis with varying degrees of overlap, such that diapers having different lengths are manufactured by varying only the relative placement of the waist belts and chassis. The method may be used to vary diapers within a production run (e.g., to produce packs of diapers in a range of sizes) or between production runs (e.g., to produce different size diapers on the same line with reduced equipment changes or adjustments). A diaper produced according to the method is also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for assembling diapers of varying sizes, the method comprising:
providing a series of waist belts, each waist belt having a uniform longitudinal length L1 extending in a machine direction, and wherein each waist belt includes an upper waist region, a lower waist region, and a leg opening region;
providing a series of chassis, each chassis having a uniform longitudinal length L2 extending in the machine direction;
aligning a waist belt from the s…

Assignees

• Schneider Uwe
• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Schneider Uwe

Classifications

• Y10T29/49895

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A61F13/49061

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• Y10T156/10

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A61F13/15764

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F13/15747 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic