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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Joerg Mueller, Karben, DE;
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Lars Westerheide, Kelkheim, DE;
Frederick Michael Langdon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Divo, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Joerg Mueller, Karben, DE;
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Lars Westerheide, Kelkheim, DE;
Frederick Michael Langdon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Divo, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an absorbent, disposable article, preferably a diaper, having a backsheet and a topsheet comprising a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed there between, a longitudinal axis, and an opening, which provides a passageway to a primary void space for receiving bodily exudates therein, positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, whereby the opening is positioned in at least the crotch region along the longitudinal axis; whereby the topsheet is elasticated; and whereby the article has a shortened article portion, as defined herein, which has a shortened article length L, a stretched shortened article length Land a contracted shortened article length L, whereby the article and/or its topsheet has an specific elastic profile and/or a specific ratio of Lto L. The article preferably has a slit opening with on each side elastic regions, preferably in the shape of an X, as shown in FIG., and preferably making an angle with the adjacent topsheet and thereby bending away from the void space underneath the topsheet.