The Procter Gamble Company

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The Procter & Gamble Company

Gary Dean LaVon

Sarah Marie Wade

Bret Darren Seitz

Masaharu Nishikawa

Kaoru Ishihara

Tina Marie Glahn

Diana W Juratovac

Ronald Joseph Zink, Ii

Gerald A Young

Theodora Beck

Uwe Schneider

Vanessa Marie Melendez

Joseph Allen Eckstein

Kevin Michael Smith

Anna Elizabeth Macura

Jacob Alan Barnhorst

Jill Trygier

Thomas Henrich

Rachael Eden Walther

Amanda Margaret Bicking

Koichi Morimoto

Miguel Alvaro Robles

Michael Patrick Hayden

Joseph Hung Lam

Nicholas Paul Goyette

Luke Robinson Magee

Yoichiro Yamamoto

Gregory Wade Taylor

Donald Carroll Roe

Fred Naval Desai

Ronald Joseph Zink

Vijay Rajagopalan

Franz-Josef Hermes

Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger

Keith Joseph Stone

John Collins Dyer

Margaret Henderson Hasse

Kazuaki Tameishi

Michael Gary Nease

Richard W Lodge

Stephen Lebeuf Hardie

Brandon Ellis Wise

Raymond Scott Hamilton

Gene Xiaoqing Huang

Jeremy Menner

Elizabeth Jo Bruns

Norman Gorospe Juguilon

Arman Ashraf

Kenneth B Buell

Thomas Allen Desmarais

Edward Paul Carlin

Uwe Schober

Ling Tong

Hugh A Thompson

Chunmin Cheng

Jonathan Livingston Joyce

Grant Edward Anders Striemer

Stefan Hubert Hollinger

Thomas A DesMarais

Aaron Duane Seitz

Pankaj Nigam

Bryan Keith Waye

Lutz Lisseck

Mark James Kline

Darrell Ian Brown

Frederick Michael Langdon

Monica Jean Mohlenkamp

Farihah Ibrahim

Sara Jon Shipley

Kenneth Michael Hamall

John A Chang

Mattias Schmidt

John Joseph Curro

John Brian Strube

Nicholas Albert Ahr

Thomas James Klofta

Andrew James Sauer

Letha Margie Hines

Hyun Sung Lim

George Joseph Ostapchenko

Douglas Herrin Benson

Ada Ho Yau Ko

Stephen Joseph Lange

Ryo Minoguchi

Dean Jeffrey Daniels

Nelson Edward Greening, Ii

Paul Anthony Kawka

Monica R Tournoux

William Robert Vinnage, Jr

Edward John Milbrada

David M Weirich

Shailaja R Vaidya

Susan Joy Ludwig

Thomas Ludwig Woschnik

Thomas Edward Schulte

Nancy A Haynes

Katsuhiro Yonemura

Corinne A Rowley

J Michael McKenna

William Scott Andes

A disposable absorbent pant that includes a central chassis and a belt structure is disclosed herein.

Disposable absorbent pants with advantageous stretch and manufacturability features, and methods for manufacturing the same

In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.7 to about 6.0.

Waist-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in the waist region. The backsheet includes a barrier layer having a maximum length, L. The absorbent core has absorbent material and a maximum length, L. Lis substantially the same as L. The absorbent material is disposed in an absorbent material deposition area. The absorbent material deposition area has a maximum length, L, and Lis about 90% or greater of L. The first absorbent area lateral edge is disposed a longitudinal distance, D1, from the first barrier lateral edge, and D1 is about 5% or less of L.

Absorbent article with absorbent core

A stretch laminate is disclosed. The stretch laminate may include a layer of nonwoven material that includes an accumulation of filaments and has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone having an attenuated region adjacent to a build-up region wherein the attenuated region has a first basis weight and the build-up region has a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The stretch laminate may include a plurality of elastic strands space apart from each other in a crotch-stretch direction. In some examples the elastic strands may have an Average Strand Spacing no greater than 3 mm and/or an Average Decitex no greater than 300, and/or an Average Pre-Strain no greater than 250 percent.

Stretch laminate with beamed elastics and formed nonwoven layer

Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.

Absorbent articles with elastics in multiple layers

In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.9.

Hip-to-waist silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays

In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.3. Further, an Array Average Product-Hip-to-Side Silhouette may be from about 1.0 to about 1.7

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

An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.

Absorbent articles having texture zones forming background patterns and macro patterns

The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate Section-Modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette that is within from about −0.3 to about 0.3 of the Target Body Length-to-Waist Silhouette to make the article conform better to the body of the wearer at a lower Pressure-Under-Strand, even with a loaded core (holding at least 50 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above.

Length-to-waist silhouette(s) of absorbent article(s) comprising beamed elastics

The present disclosure relates to one or a combination of an absorbent article's chassis, inner leg cuffs, outer leg cuffs, ear panels, side panels, waistbands, and belts that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced and/or low Average-Dtex and/or low Average-Pre-Strain elastics to deliver low Pressure Under Strand, while providing adequate Section-Modulus to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer, even with a loaded core, to provide for the advantages described above. Further, the elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure outperform existing laminates currently used for disposable absorbent articles as it relates to one or more key parameters (including Percent Contact Area, 2-98% Height Value, Pressure-Under-Strand, Air Permeability, Water Vapor Transmission Rate, Caliper, Caliper Retention Value, Cantilever Bending, Open Area, Section-Modulus, Rugosity Wavelength, Rugosity Frequency, Graphic Distortion Ratio).

Beamed elastic laminate properties

The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 1.1 and a Product Waist-to-Crotch Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 2.0 to provide for the advantages described above.

Hip-to-waist and waist-to-crotch silhouette(s) of absorbent article(s) comprising beamed elastics

An absorbent article having longitudinal cuffs of improved structure is disclosed. The improved cuffs may be elasticized by a plurality of elastic strands that are substantially greater in number, closer in spacing, lower in pre-strain, and lower in decitex, or any combination of these, as compared with those in conventional articles. This combination of features results in ruffles or gathers of cuff material joined to the elastic strands that are substantially greater in machine-direction frequency and substantially lesser in z-direction amplitude, than those in conventional articles. As a result, the cuff structure lies more closely and evenly against the wearer's skin, has an improved, more cloth-like appearance, provides improved gasketing, and provides improved wearer comfort, as compared with cuff structures in conventional articles. A method for manufacturing articles with such cuff structures, utilizing a warp beam as a supply mechanism, is also disclosed.

Disposable absorbent articles having cuffs of improved stretch laminate structure

Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have Relaxed Product Waist Widths, Relaxed Product Hip Widths, and Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes as disclosed herein. And, arrays of the present disclosure may have Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes and Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist-to-Weight Ratio as disclosed herein.

Disposable absorbent article silhouettes and silhouette arrays

The present disclosure relates to absorbent article's chassis that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics. The elastics in the chassis may be oriented parallel or transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Absorbent article(s) chassis comprising beamed elastics

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Gary Dean LaVon