The Procter Gamble Company

Craig A Hawkins

Richard M Girardot

Frank Lodi

Richard R Tompkins

Chikayo Nakao

Ronald Kortelink

Kenneth B Buell

Frederick M Langdon

Takashi Hiuke

Gregory Ashton

Miyuki Nakazono

The disposable pull-on garment of the present invention comprises a chassis having a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet associated with the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable pull-on garment of the present invention further comprises front side panels extending laterally outwardly from each side of the chassis in the front region; back side panels extending laterally outwardly from each side of the chassis in the back region; seam panels (,) each extending laterally outwardly from each of the front and back side panels; seams each joining the corresponding seam panels in an overlap manner to make an overlapped seam structure (,), thereby forming two leg openings and a waist opening; and a disposable means (,) joined to the at least one of the front and back side panels for allowing the pull-on garment to be secured in a configuration that provides a convenient disposal.

Disposable pull-on garment having improved disposal handling after soil

A polymer mesh puff is formed from at least one tube of open cell mesh stretched between a pair of opposing supports. The tube of mesh is bound about a centerpoint by a substantially permanent, non-abrasive mesh binding member. The tube is released from the supports so as to form a plurality of random folds, thereby forming a substantially spherical cleansing implement for use in personal hygiene applications.

Cleansing puff and binding method

Pull-on garment

Cleansing puff

A polymer mesh puff is formed from at least one tube of open cell mesh stretched between a pair of opposing supports. The tube of mesh is bound about a centerpoint by a substantially permanent, non-abrasive mesh binding member. The tube is released from the supports so as to form a plurality of random folds, thereby forming a substantially spherical cleaning implement for use in personal hygiene applications.

Disclosed is a substantially permanent, fixed-circumference, non-abrasive binding device for gathering and binding plural articles, including a locking head, a tail, and an elongate strap therebetween. The head and tail ends include cooperative locking means for securing the tail end in the locking head. The tail end includes outwardly projecting tail barbs to facilitate pulling the tail end through the locking head, and subsequently to facilitate engagement of locking barbs located on the end of the strap with barb stops located in the head. A score line is preformed across the tail end at a point between the locking barbs and the tail end, to provide for a break-any tail which can be removed after engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops in the head. Upon engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops, the score line is at a position slightly inside of the locking head so that no sharp or abrasive edge will be exposed after the tail end is broken off.

Fixed circumference binding device with non-protruding free end and

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Ashiya, Japan

Craig A Hawkins