The Procter & Gamble Company

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

The Proctor & Gamble Co.

Mark James Kline

Donald Carroll Roe

Jeromy Thomas Raycheck

Miguel Alvaro Robles

Anna Elizabeth Macura

Luke Robinson Magee

Mattias Schmidt

Ronald Joseph Zink, Ii

Michael Irwin Lawson

George Bartol Glackin

Thomas Alexander Horn

Ebrahim Rezai

Joerg Andreas Mueller

Stephen Joseph Lange

Thomas Henrich

Ann Marie Sullivan

James David Landgrebe

Tracey Elaine Beckman

John C Costello

Gregg Allen Flender

Mark Christopher Bates

James D Wilson

Hisashi Morimoto

Kazuhiko Masuda

Christopher John Hosmer

Naomi Shoshana Korn

Kenneth Edwin Jewell

Zachary Aaron Freije

Constance Lee Fisher

Jay Tao

Oscar Antonio Ruiz

Wolfgang Edgar Huhn

Arman Ashraf

Cornelia Beate Martynus

Abhishek Prakash Surushe

Carl Louis Bergman

Christopher Erin Kiger

Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay

Pankaj Nigam

Jill Marlene Orr

Andrew James Sauer

Gregory Nmn Ashton

George Christopher Dobrin

Kathleen Marie Lawson

Robin Lynn McKiernan

John Carroll Molander

Raymond Scott Hamilton

Matthias Konrad Hippe

David J K Goulait

Tina Liebe

Gary Dean LaVon

Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger

David J Goulait

Kimberly A Dreier

Patrick Jay Allen

Theodora Beck

Michael Gary Nease

Frederick Michael Langdon

Mark Mason Hargett

Thierry Marche

John Glasgow Burns, Jr

Larry Kenneth Johnson

Shunketsu Sue

Cornelia Sprengard-Eichel

Michael Charles Raufman

Donald Louis Zgoda

Bruce Ernest Tepper

Fang Liu

Michael Timothy Looney

Mary Lee Amirpour

Henry William McCusker, Iii

Sarah Marie Young

Shrish Yashwant Rane

Nezam Malakouti

Urmish Popatlal Dalal

Kenneth B Buell

Bruce William Lavash

Fred Naval Desai

Margaret Henderson Hasse

Italo Corzani

Daniel Charles Peck

Dean Jeffrey Daniels

Joseph Hung Lam

Kumardipti Chatterjee

Stephen Lebeuf Hardie

Brandon Ellis Wise

Jerry L Dragoo

Michael Patrick Hayden

Craig Andrew Hawkins

William Robert Vinnage, Jr

Sue Ann Mills

Kevin Ronald Kanya

David Joseph Kenneth Goulait

Monica Jean Mohlenkamp

David M Weirich

Jessica Lee Mosman

Oliver Edwin Clarke Mason

James E Zorb

Lars Westerheide

David Allan Wallack

A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.

Absorbent article with waist gasketing element and leg cuffs

A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a pocket. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.

An elastomeric laminate is extensible in a first direction and has a first laminate surface; a second laminate surface substantially opposite the first laminate surface; and a laminate thickness, T, extending between the first and second laminate surfaces. A pre-SELFed coverstock layer forms the first laminate surface. The pre-SELF coverstock layer has a primary activation pattern, wherein the primary activation pattern includes SELF-specific land areas that extend in the first direction and one or more activation thicknesses. Each activation thickness is less than the laminate thickness, T. The elastomeric laminate also has an elastomeric layer joined to the pre-SELFed coverstock layer. The elastomeric layer forms the second laminate surface. The elastomeric laminate may be a zero strain laminate, a gathered laminate, or a hybrid gathered laminate.

Elastomeric laminate with activation thickness

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 disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region, at least one fastener in the second waist region, and at least one discrete landing zone in the first waist region, the discrete landing zone comprising an lateral inboard edge, wherein the discrete landing zone and the waistband overlap to form an overlap region in the first waist region, and wherein the waistband does not overlap the lateral inboard edge of the discrete landing zone.

Absorbent article with waistband

A method for forming an elastomeric laminate includes the steps of providing a first coverstock material; SELF'ing the first coverstock material to create a pre-SELFed coverstock layer having a primary activation pattern comprising SELF-specific land areas; providing an elastomeric layer; and joining the elastomeric layer to the pre-SELFed layer at zero relative strain, such that the elastomeric layer and pre-SELFed coverstock layer are joined at one or more bonding sites.

A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.

A disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region adjacent the waist edge, at least one fastener in the second waist region, and a waist assembly in the first waist region, wherein the waist assembly has a Corrugation Regularity greater than about 75%.

Absorbent article with leg cuffs

A disposable absorbent article that includes a frangible bonding agent for maintaining the absorbent article in a predetermined configuration. The frangible bonding agent may be disposed on a fastening system in order to maintain one or more portions of the fastening system in a particular position during manufacturing but still provide an easy-to-open fastener when used by a consumer.

Disposable absorbent article having a frangible bonding agent

A disposable absorbent article having a fastening system with male and female components is disclosed. The female component may include a fibrous material having an overall thickness and an overall fiber cross-sectional dimension. The male component may include a plurality of hooks configured to engage the female component, the hooks having features with dimensions relating to the overall thickness and/or the overall fiber cross-sectional dimension of the fibrous material.

Absorbent articles with hook and loop fastening system

A disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region adjacent the waist edge, and at least one fastener in the second waist region, wherein the first waist region has a resiliency of greater than about 5 mJ and a stiffness of less than about 10 N.

A force focused fastening system maintaining a fastener element in plane during fastening. The force focused fastening system includes a force focused fastening member including an extensible region and an end region. The end region includes a fastener element and the extensible region includes a high modulus region aligned relative to a center portion of the fastener element. During fastening, the force focused fastening member directs forces toward the center portion of the fastener element, away from end portions, minimizing distortion of the fastener element.

Forced focused fastening member

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Mark James Kline