Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany; Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, South Lebanon, OH; Kumardipti Chatterjee, Indian Hill, OH; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Russell Andrew Hayden, New Richmond, OH; and Alejandro Jose Rivero, São Paulo, Brazil.
Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 11/15/19
Issued: 10/31/23

A method for forming successive individual combination belt structures each comprising fastening components, the method comprising: providing a machine-direction continuous strip of web material having a pair of machine-direction outer side edges, opposing side margin portions, and a cross-direction width therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the web material is patterned to comprise loops; continuously affixing successive pairs of fastening components to the web material as it moves along a machine direction, wherein the fastening components are positioned laterally inboard of the opposing side margin portions, and wherein the fastening components respectively comprise hooks configured to fasten to the loops; folding over the side margin portions of the web material or individual combination belt structures in the cross-direction about machine-direction fold lines, so that in each combination belt structure at least one side margin portion at least partially covers the affixed fastening component; cutting individual combination belt structures from the web material along predominately cross-direction cut lines, each combination belt structure comprising at least one of the affixed fastening component.

A method for forming successive individual belt structures for diapers, comprising: providing a machine-direction continuous strip of web material having a pair of machine-direction outer side edges and a cross-direction width therebetween; affixing successive pairs of fastening components to the web material laterally inboard of opposing side margin portions; cutting successive pairs of profiled tab portions in the pair of machine-direction outer side edges; folding over the opposing side margin portions of the web material in the cross direction about machine-direction fold lines, so that in each belt structure at least one side margin portion at least partially covers the affixed fastening component; and cutting individual belt structures from the web material along predominately cross-direction cut lines, each belt structure comprising cut portions of the folded-over side margins.

A method for forming successive combination belt structures for diapers, comprising the steps of: providing a machine-direction continuous strip of web material having a pair of machine-direction outer side edges and a cross-direction width therebetween; affixing successive pairs of fastening components to the web material laterally inboard of opposing side margin portions; cutting successive pairs of profiled tab portions in the pair of machine-direction outer edges, wherein each profiled tab portion comprises a first convexity, a second convexity and a concavity disposed between the first and second convexities; folding over the opposing side margin portions of the web material in the cross direction about machine-direction fold lines, so that in each belt structure at least one side margin portion at least partially covers the affixed fastening component; and cutting individual combination belt structures from the web material along predominately cross-direction cut lines, each combination belt structure comprising profiled side edges.