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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2008
Applicants:

Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Bad Soden, DE;

Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;

Tina Brown (Née Lehmann)r, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Alexander Eberhard Unger, Kelkheim, DE;

Alexander Berk, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Darrell Ian Brown, Mason, OH (US);

Blanca Arizti, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Inventors:

Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Bad Soden, DE;

Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;

Tina Brown (née Lehmann)r, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Alexander Eberhard Unger, Kelkheim, DE;

Alexander Berk, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Darrell Ian Brown, Mason, OH (US);

Blanca Arizti, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Assignee:

The Procter Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); B31F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A process is claimed for making a composite sheet useful as topsheet with one or more openings to receive fecal material useful for an absorbent article, said composite sheet comprising a wrinkled, patterned elasticized region that comprises a patterned first sheet and an elastic material said first sheet being patterned with troughs, that are typically compacter, i.e. of higher density, prior to attachment to the elastic material. The troughs are attached to the elastic material. The resulting composite sheet has a uniform wrinkle pattern. Also claimed are specific absorbent articles. Also claimed are composite sheets with a specific residual strain and peel force value.


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