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Hip-to-Side and Waist-to-Side Silhouettes for Bikini/Low Rise Brief Type Disposable Absorbent Articl

U.S. Patent No. 11,432,971

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Bret Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH; and Franz-Josef Hermes, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/29/18
Issued: 9/6/22

An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising: a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; a front belt disposed in the front waist region; a back belt disposed in the back waist region; wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element; wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette greater than about 3.0 to about 6; and wherein the article has a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6; and wherein the article comprises a relaxed product waist width of 365 mm or less; and a Relaxed Product Length that is less than or equal to about 307 mm; wherein the article has a Relaxed Product Side Length greater than 22% and less than about 45% of the Relaxed Product Length.

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