Absorbent Article with Laminate Bond Pattern

Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Milford, OH; and Astrid Annette Sheehan, Symmes Township, OH.

Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 5/19/23
Issued: 7/7/26

An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and at least one elastic ear comprising a laminate having an elastomeric layer and a nonwoven layer, wherein the laminate has a plurality of discrete primary ultrasonic bonds and a plurality of secondary ultrasonic bonds, wherein the elastomeric layer and the nonwoven layer remain permanently attached by the primary ultrasonic bonds and releasably attached by the secondary ultrasonic bonds, wherein the secondary ultrasonic bonds release when the laminate is extended greater than about 5 mm in a stretch direction, and wherein the primary ultrasonic bonds form a bond pattern upon release of the plurality of secondary ultrasonic bonds.