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Absorbent Article Having a Waist Gasketing Element

U.S. Patent No. 11,801,169

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry, Rodman Media

Sarah Ann McCormick, Wyoming, OH; Kevin Ronald Kanya, Liberty Township, OH; Dirk Saevecke, Wiesbaden, Germany; Sara Lyn Giovanni, Cincinnati, OH; Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cincinnati, OH; Thorsten Rinnert, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany; Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Cincinnati, OH; and Uwe Schneider, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 5/28/20
Issued: 10/31/23

A disposable absorbent article, comprising: a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front and back waist regions; a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a front waist edge, a back waist edge, a first side edge extending longitudinally and a second side edge extending longitudinally; a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; a waist gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an elastic material; and a leg gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, and an elastic material; wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to the chassis, wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to the chassis, and wherein the waist gasketing element comprises an adhesive zone, a first adhesive-free zone, and a second adhesive-free zone; wherein the first adhesive-free zone and the second adhesive-free zone each extend longitudinally from the distal end edge to the proximal end edge of the waist gasketing element; wherein the adhesive zone extends laterally between the first adhesive-free zone and the second adhesive-free zone, and extends longitudinally from the distal end edge toward the proximal end edge of the waist gasketing element; and wherein a bio-based content of the absorbent article is from 5% to 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B.

A disposable absorbent article, comprising: a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front and back waist regions; a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a front waist edge, a back waist edge, a first side edge extending longitudinally and a second side edge extending longitudinally; a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; a waist gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an elastic material; and a leg gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, and an elastic material; wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to the chassis and wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to the leg gasketing element, wherein the waist gasketing element comprises an adhesive zone, a first adhesive-free zone, and a second adhesive-free zone; wherein the first adhesive-free zone and the second adhesive-free zone each extend longitudinally from the distal end edge to the proximal end edge of the waist gasketing element; wherein the adhesive zone extends laterally between the first adhesive-free zone and the second adhesive-free zone, and extends longitudinally from the distal end edge toward the proximal end edge of the waist gasketing element; and wherein the absorbent article is free of chlorine, perfume, lotion, and non-phthalate catalyst polypropylene.

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