Method of manufacturing a body adhering absorbent article orientated in the cross-machine direction with reduced curl

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing body adhering absorbent articles orientated in the cross-machine direction, body adhering absorbent article having reduced or eliminated curl. The articles are manufactured with reduced curl by selectively reducing or eliminating the shell el...

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Main Authors GOTTLEIB JAY DAVID, POPP ROBERT LEE, TURCHAN GARY ALAN, COENEN JOSEPH DANIEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.06.2014
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
BORING
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MACHINE TOOLS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PROSTHESES
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
TURNING
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Summary:The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing body adhering absorbent articles orientated in the cross-machine direction, body adhering absorbent article having reduced or eliminated curl. The articles are manufactured with reduced curl by selectively reducing or eliminating the shell elastic tension in regions where components of the body adhering absorbent article are to be attached to form the composite absorbent article web. In certain aspects the body adhering absorbent articles are manufactured by supplying an elastic web of shell material having a longitudinal and transverse direction, that is stretchable only in the transverse direction, attaching at least one component to form a composite web material, and cutting the composite web material to form a body adhering absorbent article.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113022706