Articles with elasticated topsheets

US7223261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Joerg Mueller · Karben, DE
• Lars Westerheide · Kelkheim, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Frederick Michael Langdon · Cincinnati, US
• Michael Divo · Friedrichsdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2004
• Grant date: May 29, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/513
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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 Ls and a contacted shortened article length Lc, whereby the article and/or its topsheet has an specific elastic profile and/or a specific ratio of Lc to Ls.