Absorbent article having a folded waist

• Main Authors: Ashton, Gregory, Fukuda, Eiro, Weinberger, Eric Patton, Buchner, Daniel Clark
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.2023
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FISHING; FOMENTATION; FORESTRY; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An article including a front region, a back region, and a chassis. The chassis may include an absorbent core having a front end edge and a back end edge. The front region and the back region may extend laterally outward beyond side edges of the chassis. The front region and the back region may abut to form a first seam and a second seam. At least one of the front region and the back region may include an elastic member. A first outer nonwoven layer of the front region and a second outer nonwoven layer of the back region may be folded to form an upper edge in the front and back regions such that a distal end of each of the first and second outer nonwoven layer may be disposed between the upper edge and the front and back end edges of the absorbent core, respectively.