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DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT GARMENTS EMPLOYING ELASTOMERIC FILM LAMINATE BODY PANELS

  • US 20110098668A1
  • Filed: 10/23/2009
  • Published: 04/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A disposable absorbent garment defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the garment comprising:

  • a unitary outer cover layer, the unitary outer cover layer defining;

    a front end edge, a back end edge longitudinally opposite the front end edge, and first and second transversely opposed leg edges positioned longitudinally between the front end edge and the back end edge, each leg edge having a front end point and a back end point, the outer cover defining a front region adjacent the front end edge, a back region adjacent the back end edge, and a crotch region positioned longitudinally between the front region and the back region;

    first and second transversely opposed front side edges, the first front side edge extending in the longitudinal direction from the front end edge to the front end point of the first leg edge, and the second front side edge extending in the longitudinal direction from the front end edge to the front end point of the second leg edge; and

    first and second transversely opposed back side edges, the first back side edge extending in the longitudinal direction from the back end edge to the back end point of the first leg edge, and the second back side edge extending in the longitudinal direction from the back end edge to the back end point of the second leg edge;

    a first side seam at which the first front side edge is attached to the first back side edge and which defines a first side seam length, and a second side seam at which the second front side edge is attached to the second back side edge and which defines a second side seam length;

    an elastomeric front body panel superposed on and attached to the front region of the outer cover layer, the front body panel comprising an elastomeric film laminate that extends transversely from the first front side edge to the second front side edge, that extends longitudinally along the first front side edge a distance at least 50% of the first side seam length, and that extends longitudinally along the second front side edge a distance at least 50% of the second side seam length;

    an elastomeric back body panel superposed on and attached to the back region of the outer cover layer, the back body panel comprising an elastomeric film laminate that extends transversely from the first back side edge to the second back side edge, that extends longitudinally along the first back side edge a distance at least 50% of the first side seam length, and that extends longitudinally along the second back side edge a distance at least 50% of the second side seam length; and

    an absorbent assembly superposed over the crotch region of the outer cover layer.

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