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U.S. Patent No. 9,849,042
February 2, 2018
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Mark Joseph Kline, Okeana, OH; Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, South Lebanon, OH; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Pankaj Nigam, Mason, OH; and Carl Louis Bergman, Loveland, OH. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH. Filed: 9/24/13 Issued: 12/26/17 An absorbent article comprising: a lateral axis defining a front portion and a back portion in the absorbent article; a topsheet; a two layer backsheet comprising: a nonwoven material; and a film; an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the two layer backsheet; wherein the film of the two layer backsheet comprises: a first backsheet zone positioned at least partially in the front portion; a second backsheet zone positioned in the back portion, wherein the first and second backsheet zones differ from each other in at least one physical property, and wherein the physical property is basis weight, thickness, density, or tensile modulus; wherein the second backsheet zone overlaps a portion of the absorbent core in the back portion, and wherein the second backsheet zone is not bonded to the absorbent core in the area of overlap; a third backsheet zone positioned in the back portion that differs in the at least one physical property from the second backsheet zone and the first backsheet zone; wherein the second backsheet zone or the third backsheet zone is continuous and homogeneous throughout; and an elastomeric element joined to the film of the two layer backsheet in an area at least partially overlapping the third backsheet zone, wherein a stretch zone is formed in the area of overlap of the elastomeric element and the third backsheet zone, and wherein the stretch zone is configured to conform to a buttocks region of the wearer.
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