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U.S. Patent No. 12,691,011
September 4, 2026
By: Tara Olivo
Ronald Joseph Zink, Blue Ash, OH; Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH; Tina Marie Glahn, West Chester, OH; Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY; Darrell Ian Brown, Mason, OH; Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Nicholas Paul Goyette, Cincinnati, OH; Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH; Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH; and Diana Juratovac, Columbus, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 1/24/20Issued: 7/28/26
A pant comprising: a chassis comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and a belt portion extending from the chassis, the belt portion comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate joined to the first substrate; a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate; a first elasticized texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elongate elastic elements; a second elasticized texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elongate elastic elements; wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are coextensive across the entire belt portion; a first adhesive pattern in the first elasticized texture zone configured to join the first portion of the substrates and the elongate elastic elements; and a second adhesive pattern in the second elasticized texture zone configured to join the second portion of the substrates and the elongate elastic elements, wherein the first adhesive pattern is different than the second adhesive pattern; wherein the first adhesive pattern is configured to join the elongate elastic elements with the first portion of the substrates in a non-continuous fashion or the second adhesive pattern is configured to join the elongate elastic elements with the second portion of the substrates in a non-continuous fashion; wherein the elongate elastic elements have a first elastic spacing in the first elasticized texture zone; wherein the elongate elastic elements have a second elastic spacing in the second elasticized texture zone, and wherein the first and second elastic spacings are different; wherein the first elasticized texture zone has a first frequency and a first amplitude; wherein the second elasticized texture zone has a second frequency and a second amplitude, wherein the first frequency is different than the second frequency, and wherein the first amplitude is different than the second amplitude; and wherein the second substrate is nested with the first substrate.
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