The Procter Gamble Company

Jason Robert Eddy

Donald Carroll Roe

John Ferrer

Gregory John Erickson

A disposable absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge, wherein the front end edge is formed by a non-linear cut with an umbilical notch, and wherein the front end edge and the back end edge are complementary in shape.

Absorbent article having an umbilical notch cut

A disposable absorbent article having a non-linear notch cut without the presence of a significantly laterally extending resulting piece. The resulting absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge which are complementary. The front end edge having at least three tangential points (a, a, b). Tangential point b is longitudinally inboard of aand a. The back end edge having at least three tangential points (x, x, y), wherein y is longitudinally outboard of xand x. The absorbent article being longitudinally folded about a first fold line. The first fold line may be drawn between points aand x. The absorbent article being longitudinally folded about a second fold line, said second fold line may be drawn between points aand x.

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Liberty Township, OH, United States of America

Jason Robert Eddy