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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., Greenville, SC (US);
Richard E. Finlayson, Raleigh, NC (US);
William W. Gaston, Greenville, NC (US);
ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC., Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
Disposable absorbent garments, comprising front and rear waist and a central absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-absorbent core, where at least one of the front and rear waist portions comprises: a composite of an elastic sheet material and a non-woven fabric layer, and a plurality of elastic strands. In some of the present garments, the elastic strands are positioned on both sides of the liquid-absorbent core, and each strand has a first end laterally offset from the liquid-absorbent core and extending outward toward a respective leg edge of the waist portion. In others of the present garments, the elastic strands are positioned between the absorbent core and the elastic sheet material, and each extends laterally a majority of the distance between first and second side edges.