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Absorbent Articles with Elastics in Multiple Layers

U.S. Patent No. 11,491,056

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH; Tina Marie Glahn, West Chester, OH; Gary Dean Lavon, Liberty Township, OH; Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Columbus, OH; Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH; Masaharu Nishikawa, Cincinnati, OH; Ronald Joseph Zink, Blue Ash, OH; and Anna Elizabeth Macura, Loveland, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 5/22/20
Issued: 11/7/23

An absorbent article having a center chassis, the center chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising: a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; an inner belt portion disposed in both of the front waist region and back waist region; an outer belt portion disposed in one of the front waist region and back waist region; a first elastic disposed in the inner belt portion; and a second elastic disposed in the outer belt portion; wherein the first elastic is formed from one or more of an elastic non-woven, elastic strands, elastic films and elastic ribbons; wherein the second elastic is formed from one or more of an elastic non-woven, elastic strands, elastic films and elastic ribbons; wherein at least a portion of the inner belt portion and the outer belt portion overlap; wherein the first elastic is separated from the second elastic by a layer of material; wherein one or both of the inner belt portion and outer belt portion comprise a layer selected from a group consisting of a nonwoven, a film, and a laminate that includes a nonwoven and a film; and wherein a portion of the inner belt portion comprises elastic disposed in an arcuate configuration disposed outside the absorbent core.

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