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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Theodora Beck, Colerain Township, OH (US);
Gary Dean Lavon, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Theodora Beck, Colerain Township, OH (US);
Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A disposable absorbent article including a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis is folded laterally inward and outward in a zigzag pattern to form laterally opposing layered containment pockets and laterally opposing side flaps interiorly of the layered containment pockets. Each side flap has a longitudinally extending elastic gathering member attached adjacent to its distal edge. The absorbent assembly includes an absorbent core that may contain superabsorbent particles, which may be contained inside pockets.