The Procter Gamble Company

The Procter & Gamble Plaza

Nicholas Alexander Taylor

Jeromy Thomas Raycheck

Keith Richard Willhaus

Kumardipti Chatterjee

Jason Edward Naylor

Jeffry Rosiak

Sally Lin Kilbacak

The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles including elastic laminates, and more particularly, to methods and apparatuses for making absorbent articles having elastic laminates in front and/or back waist regions with frangible pathways.

Absorbent articles and methods and apparatuses for making absorbent articles with frangible pathways

The present disclosure relates to diaper pants having a first belt and a second belt with one or more frangible pathways. A frangible pathway may extend between inner edge and outer edges of a belt. A grip region comprising an accessibility opening may be positioned between the inner and outer edges of the belt. The frangible pathway may comprise a first tear zone and a second tear zone extending from the accessibility opening to a distal terminus and to a proximal terminus. Such frangible pathway configurations provide a feature that allows a belt of a diaper pant to be relatively easily torn along the frangible pathway. Once torn along the frangible pathway, the diaper pant may be removed from a wearer and rolled up for disposal. A fastener component may be connected with another portion of the diaper pant to help maintain the diaper pant in a disposal configuration.

Absorbent articles with frangible pathways and disposal features

Diaper

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Woodlawn, OH, United States of America

Nicholas Alexander Taylor