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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ronald Joseph Zink, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sarah Marie Wade, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tina Marie Glahn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rachael Eden Walther, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary Dean LaVon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nicholas Paul Goyette, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kaoru Ishihara, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Columbus, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.