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U.S. Patent No. 10,166,155
February 8, 2019
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Tina Marie Glahn, Cincinnati, OH; Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY; Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH; Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Columbus, OH; Sara Jon Shipley, Columbus, OH; Vanessa Marie Melendez, Cincinnati, OH; Fred Naval Desai, Fairfield, OH; and Margaret Henderson Hasse, Wyoming, OH. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH. Filed: 4/12/16 Issued: 1/1/19 An absorbent article comprising: a first elastomeric belt, a second elastomeric belt, and a chassis; a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region; wherein the first and second belts are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed such that the absorbent article comprises two leg openings and a waist opening; wherein at least one of the first waist region and the second waist region comprises at least a portion of a main body graphic zone, a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article; wherein the main body graphic zone, the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are all disposed on at least one of the first and second elastomeric belts, wherein the main body graphic zone is disposed in an overlapping configuration with a chassis of the absorbent article, and wherein the crotch region comprises a crotch region graphic zone such that the second graphic zone and the crotch region graphic zone are aligned to create a uniform graphical element, and the crotch region graphic zone is not substantially underlying at least one of the first and second elastomeric belts; wherein the first elastomeric belt is separate and distinct from the second elastomeric belt, such that the first elastomeric belt longitudinally spaced from the second elastomeric belt; wherein a first end of the chassis overlaps a portion of the first elastomeric belt, and wherein a second end of the chassis overlaps a portion of the second elastomeric belt; wherein a first nonwoven layer of the first elastomeric belt is folded to form a first waist edge and wherein the first nonwoven layer overlaps, and thus sandwiches, a portion of the chassis between the first nonwoven layer; and wherein a second nonwoven layer of the second elastomeric belt is folded to form a second waist edge and wherein the second nonwoven layer overlaps, and thus sandwiches, a portion of the chassis between the second nonwoven layer; and wherein the first elastomeric belt comprises a first plurality of elastic strands running parallel with a transverse axis of the absorbent article; and wherein the second elastomeric belt comprises a second plurality of elastic strands running parallel with the transverse axis of the absorbent article.
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