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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Shiqiao Li, Beijing, CN;
Ruizhi Pei, Beijing, CN;
Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH (US);
Koichi Morimoto, Beijing, CN;
Xuechun Wang, Beijing, CN;
Ling Tong, Beijing, CN;
John Andrew Strasemeier, Aurora, IN (US);
Vanessa Marie Melendez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Monica Renee Tournoux, Columbus, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a front elastic belt, a back elastic belt, a crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt; wherein at least 10% of the longitudinal dimension of the front and back elastic belts from a waist opening is a laminate in active elasticity defining an Upper Gather Region. The Upper Gather Region may have a particular Directional Dispersion Value and a particular Continuity Value according to measurements herein. The laminate may have at least one of the inner sheet and the outer sheet comprising a plurality of deformations aligned in the longitudinal direction.