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Length-to-Waist and Hip-to-Side Silhouettes of Adult Disposable Absorbent Articles and Arrays:

U.S. Patent No. 12,156,789

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Bret Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH; Gary Dean Lavon, Liberty Township, OH; Jeremy Menner, Cincinnati, OH; Raymond Scott Hamilton, Lebanon, OH; and Luke Robinson Magee, Loveland, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/20/23
Issued: 12/3/24

An array of packages comprising three or fewer different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising: a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size; a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size; wherein the first absorbent article comprises: 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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the front belt comprises first elastic strands; wherein the back belt comprises second elastic strands; a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings; wherein the second absorbent article comprises: 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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the front belt comprises first elastic strands; wherein the back belt comprises second elastic strands; wherein the array comprises an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.64 to about 1.08; and wherein at least one of the articles of the array comprises at least one of the following: (a) Relaxed Product Waist Width from about 304 mm to about 358 mm; (b) Relaxed Product Side Length less than 202 mm; (c) Relaxed Product Length from about 241 mm to about 316 mm; and (d) Relaxed Product Hip Width less than 373 mm.

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