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U.S. Patent No. 12,343,240
August 11, 2025
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Cassandra A. Sepello, Loveland, OH; Ashley Basius, Cincinnati, OH; Bret D. Seitz, West Chester, OH; Roi Kurt Ballin, Hoboken, NJ; and Amit Ron Ronkin, Ramot Hashavim, Israel. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH. Filed: 1/27/21 Issued: 7/1/25 A durable absorbent pant, comprising: a front waist portion with a front waist edge and left and right front leg opening edges; a rear waist portion with a rear waist edge and left and right rear leg opening edges; a crotch portion comprising a crotch gusset, the crotch portion having a forward portion meeting the front waist portion and a rearward portion meeting the rear waist portion; and left and right hip side portions joining the front waist portion to the rear waist portion and thereby forming a waist opening with a waist opening edge comprising the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, and left and right leg openings; wherein, when the pant is in an opened configuration in which the front waist portion and rear waist portion are separated at the hip side portions, the pant has a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, with an intersection thereof, the intersection occurring in the crotch portion; wherein each of the front waist portion, rear waist portion and crotch gusset comprises a knitted material; wherein the crotch gusset comprises an absorbent assembly comprising a wearer-facing layer comprising a knitted fabric material, an absorbent layer comprising knitted terrycloth material, and a liquid impermeable barrier layer disposed to the outward-facing side of the absorbent layer, and wherein the crotch gusset exhibits a maximum Longitudinal Elongation of 25% to 100% and a Longitudinal Tensile Modulus of 10 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm and a Volume Absorption Capacity of at least 0.50 ml/cm3, up to 1.2 ml/cm3; wherein the crotch portion has a central Caliper at the intersection of the lateral and longitudinal axes; and wherein the crotch gusset is joined to the front waist portion at a first seam and the rear waist portion at a second seam, wherein the first and second seams comprising one or more of stitching, adhesive bonding or thermal bonding.
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