Patents

Absorbent Sanitary Article and a Method for Producing the Same

U.S. Patent No. 12,667,498


Filed: 9/27/22
Issued: 6/30/26

An absorbent sanitary article comprising: a chassis having a longitudinal axis, two side edges, rear and front transverse edges, rear and front waist sections, and a crotch section intermediate between the rear and front waist sections, the chassis including a topsheet having an outer surface which in use is adapted to be in contact with a user’s skin, a backsheet, and an absorbent core set between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one transverse elastic element applied on the outer surface of the topsheet in at least one of said rear and front waist sections, the at least one transverse elastic element comprising in a unitary component: an elastic gasketing portion elastically stretchable in a transverse direction orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and extending between the two side edges of the chassis, two elastic side panels elastically stretchable in said transverse direction and extending transversally outwardly beyond respective side edges of the chassis, and two non-elastic portions each extending between a respective elastic side panel and the elastic gasketing portion, wherein the at least one transverse elastic element is attached to the chassis along a C-shaped attachment profile including two opposite longitudinal portions adjacent to respective side edges of the chassis and a transverse outer portion adjacent to one of said rear and front transverse edges of the chassis, wherein a central inner region of the elastic gasketing portion is detached from the outer surface of the topsheet to form a pocket open toward said crotch section, and wherein said elastic gasketing portion and said two elastic side panels have different transverse elasticity.  

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