The Procter Gamble Company

The Procter & Gamble

Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh

Ludwig-krohne Gmbh & Co. Kg

Joerg Andreas Mueller

Mattias Schmidt

John C Costello

Gregg Allen Flender

Ann Marie Sullivan

Donald Carroll Roe

Mark James Kline

James D Wilson

Mark Christopher Bates

Luke Robinson Magee

George Bartol Glackin

Christopher John Hosmer

Naomi Shoshana Korn

Urmish Popatlal Dalal

Cornelia Beate Martynus

Todd Douglas Lenser

John Carl Costello

Uwe Schneider

Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay

Ralf Geilich

Randall Glenn Marsh

Michael Divo

Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko

Ursula Christina Glaser

Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt

Dean Larry DuVal

Ebrahim Rezai

Timothy Alan Scavone

Bryn Hird

Robin Lynn McKiernan

Janet Neton

Marc Jennewein

Peter Christopher Ellingson

Frederick Michael Langdon

James David Landgrebe

Edward Joseph Urankar

Victor Nicholas Vega

Thomas Tombuelt

Eva Susanne Thurnay

Kenneth Edwin Jewell

Todd Joseph Statt

Melanie Acevedo

George Bartol Glakin

Heike Opper

Georg Pescher

Anja Hoffmann

Simone Seeboth

Lamia Delphine Mimassi

Yessica De Nardin

Darren Lee Goad

Lars Westerheide

Robert M Hubbard

Naka Seidel

Eva Susanne-Dominique Thurnay

Cornelia Schmidt

Anja Schuehle (Née Hoffmann)

George Bartol Glackin Iii

Matthias Konrad Hippe

Hiroshi Nakahata

Fang Liu

Tim Bast

Markus Rosar

Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer

Oliver E C Mason

James Steven Riedeman

Vincent Scott Stapp

Anja Schühle (nee Hoffmann)

Anja Schühle

Simone Birkmann

Michael P Purdon

Sebastian Blanck

Luis Omar Gonzalez Mendez

Gabrielle Elisabeth Krallmann

Anja Schuehle

Luis Omar Gonzalez-Mendez

Iii George Glakin

Urmish Popatial Dalal

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article further includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens. The laminate comprises a plurality of ultrasonic bonds. The ear also has a first inelastic region and an elastic region. The ear is joined to the chassis in the first inelastic region, and a fastening system is joined to the ear in the elastic region.

Absorbent article with an ear portion

The methods herein relate to assembling an elastic laminate with a first elastic material and a second elastic material bonded between first and second substrates. During assembly, an elastic laminate may be formed by positioning the first and second substrates in contact with stretched central regions of the first and second elastic materials. The elastic laminates may include two or more bonding regions that may be defined by the various layers or components of the elastic laminate that are laminated or stacked relative to each other. In some configurations, a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds are applied to the elastic laminate to define a first bond density in the first bonding region, and a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds are applied to the elastic laminate to define a second bond density in the second bonding region, wherein the second bond density is not equal to the first bond density.

Methods and apparatuses for assembling elastic laminates with different bond densities for absorbent articles

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent gelling material (AGM) having an encapsulated compound of one or more odor controlling organic compounds disposed upon a surface thereof is described. Alternatively, an AGM particle comprising an encapsulated reactive compound of one or more odor controlling organic compounds disposed as a surface coating thereon is described. Additionally, a method to manufacture an absorbent article is described. The method provides for the steps of: a) providing a solution in a solvent system, the solution has an encapsulating agent and one or more odor controlling organic compounds as a surface coating; b) applying an amount of the solution to a surface of an AGM particle; and, c) incorporating the AGM particle having the solution applied thereto into the absorbent article.

Absorbent articles comprising encapsulating agents

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 comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article also includes an ear disposed in one of the waist regions. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens in an elasticized region. The laminate also includes a first bonding region comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a first bond density, and a second bonding region comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a second bond density. The first bond density is greater than the second bond density.

Absorbent article with ear portion

An absorbent article includes a chassis having i) a topsheet, ii) a backsheet comprising a film layer and an outer cover layer, and iii) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a fastening system, the fastening system having a male fastener and a female fastening material, wherein the female fastening material is comprised of a portion of the outer cover layer that is located in a landing zone area; wherein the film layer and the outer cover layer are joined together through a backsheet adhesive applied in a first pattern; and in the landing zone area, the film layer and the outer cover layer are joined together through an additional LZA adhesive applied in a second pattern.

Absorbent article with fastening system

A disposable absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer that facilitates an easy, intuitive change is provided. The disposable absorbent article includes at least one serviceable indicium that facilitates an easy change by providing alignment of the article relative to an anatomical feature of the wearer or by externally highlighting one or more components of the article thereby indicating alignment and fit about the wearer's lower torso.

Disposable absorbent article designed to facilitate an easy change

A fastener for a disposable absorbent article, having a fixed portion attachable to the article, a connective portion joined to and contiguous with the fixed portion, and a folding line disposed between the fixed and connective portions. The fastener may be free of a release tape. The fastener may further comprise an adhesive disposed upon a surface of the fixed portion of the fastener being attached to the article, the adhesive being offset from each of the edges of the fixed portion including the edge formed by the folding line, the dimensions of the offsets being defined herein. The adhesive may be applied during the assembly of the absorbent article on a converting line.

Fastening systems for use with absorbent articles

A method of reducing a wetness gradient development for a package of wet wipes is provided. The method includes, after wet wipes are enclosed within a package to form the package of wet wipes, locating the package of wet wipes in a first orientation such that a first side faces downward and an opposite second side faces upward to form a first wetness gradient after a preselected amount of time. Prior to opening the package of wet wipes, the method includes inverting the package of wet wipes according to a predetermined turning schedule to place the package of wet wipes in a second orientation such that the first side faces upward and the second side faces downward to form a second wetness gradient that is different from the first wetness gradient.

Methods of providing stacks of wet wipes with improved wetness gradients

A method of reducing a wetness gradient development for a package of wet wipes is provided. The method includes, after wet wipes are enclosed within a package to form the package of wet wipes, locating the package of wet wipes in a first orientation such that a first side of the package of wet wipes faces downward and an opposite second side of the package of wet wipes faces upward to form a first wetness gradient after a preselected amount of time. Prior to opening the package of wet wipes to access the wet wipes enclosed within the package of wet wipes, inverting the package of wet wipes according to a predetermined turning schedule to place the package of wet wipes in a second orientation such that the first side of the package of wet wipes faces upward and the second side of the package of wet wipes faces downward to form a second wetness gradient that is different from the first wetness gradient.

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Mechernich, Germany

Joerg Andreas Mueller