Absorbent Articles Comprising Graphics

• US 20110208152A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew James Sauer, Donald Carroll Roe, Michael Dale Trennepohl
• Original Assignee: Andrew James Sauer, Donald Carroll Roe, Michael Dale Trennepohl
• Inventors: Roe, Donald Carroll, Trennepohl, Michael Dale, Sauer, Andrew James
• Application Number:
  US13/102,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208152A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/385.24
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/15699 Forming webs by bringing together several webs, e.g. by laminating or folding several webs, with or without additional treatment of the webs
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/15804 Plant, e.g. involving several steps
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49011 the elastic means is located at the waist region
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49014 the elastic means is located at the side panels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/496 in the form of pants or briefs
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/51464 being stretchable or elastomeric
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/51496 having visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/72 with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/8497 having decorations or indicia means
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 38/14 Printing or colouring
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 38/145 Printing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49885 with coating before or during assembling

Abstract

An absorbent article may comprise a first zone comprising graphics and a second zone comprising graphics, wherein the first and second zones have different elastic properties. Further, the absorbent article may comprise a first absorbent article component and a second absorbent article component having substantially different elastic properties, wherein the first absorbent article component comprises an elastomer. Additionally, the absorbent article may comprise a third absorbent article component overlapping the first and second absorbent article components, wherein the third absorbent article component comprises graphics on at least the portions which overlap the first and second absorbent article components

Claims

1. A pull-on disposable absorbent article having a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed therebetween, wherein the pull-on disposable absorbent article comprises:

an absorbent core;

a continuous belt comprising a body facing nonwoven, a garment facing nonwoven, and a plurality of elastomeric strands;

wherein the plurality of elastomeric strands are disposed between the body facing nonwoven and the garment facing nonwoven;

wherein the garment facing nonwoven comprises at least one of a first graphic in the form of multiple objects and a first pattern of graphics, such that multiple graphic objects and/or patterns of graphics are disposed in the first and second waist regions;

wherein the crotch region comprises at least one of a second graphic in the form of multiple graphic objects and second pattern of graphics;

wherein a first portion of the continuous belt abuts or overlaps a second portion of the continuous belt to fowl a first seam;

wherein a third portion of the continuous belt abuts or overlaps a fourth portion of the continuous belt to form a second seam such that the pull-on disposable absorbent article comprises leg openings and a waist opening and is in a pull-on configuration; and

wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second graphic objects and/or the first and second patterns of graphics are on a viewable outer surface of the pull-on disposable absorbent article.