Absorbent articles having a belt portion with a texture zone having a texture ratio

US9375361B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ronald Joseph Zink · Blue Ash, US
• Farihah Ibrahim · Cincinnati, US
• Sarah Marie Wade · Forest Park, US
• Gary Dean LaVon · Kyles, US
• Tina Marie Glahn · West Chester, US
• Kaoru Ishihara · West Chester, US
• Diana Woehnl Juratovac · Columbus, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1039
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article comprises a belt portion extending from the chassis. The belt portion comprises a first substrate, a second substrate joined to the first substrate, and a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion comprises a texture zone having a texture ratio of greater than about 5.