Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Michael Gary Nease, Fairfield, OH; Gene Xiaoqing Huang, Mason, OH; Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Deerfield Township, OH; and Masaharu Nishikawa, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/14/12
Issued: 1/5/16
An array of taped and pant articles comprising: a first package comprising a taped article comprising a first chassis achieved by a first number of transformations; a second package comprising a pant article comprising a second chassis achieved by a second number of transformations; wherein the first and second number of transformations are at least 70% identical; wherein the taped article is produced on a first converting line configured to produce taped articles, such that an initial front waist region and an initial back waist region of the taped article is not fastened, pre-fastened, or connected to each other when packaged into the first package; wherein the pant article is produced on a second converting line configured to produce pant articles, such that the pant article has a continuous, closed waist opening and at least one continuous, closed, leg opening when packaged into the second package; wherein the first and second chassis are at least identical to the extent that: each of the first and second chassis comprise one or more of: a distance from a left outer cuff distal edge to a right outer cuff distal edge that is the same for both the first and second chassis, a distance from a left inner cuff distal edge to a left outer cuff distal edge that is the same for both the first and second chassis, a distance from a left inner cuff proximal edge to a right inner cuff proximal edge that is the same for both the first and second chassis, a distance from a left inner cuff proximal edge to a left outer cuff distal edge that is the same for both the first and second chassis, a free height of the inner cuff that is the same for both the first and second chassis, an inner cuff hem fold width that is the same for both the first and second chassis, an inner cuff elastics length that is the same for both the first and second chassis, an outer cuff elastics length that is the same for both the first and second chassis, a core length that is the same for both the first and second chassis, and a backsheet width that is the same for both the first and second chassis; and wherein the first package comprises a first weight range, and wherein said second package comprises a second weight range, wherein said first and second weight ranges overlap, at least in part.