Claims
- 1. An absorbent article adapted to be worn by a wearer, the absorbent article including a front waist area forming a front edge, a back waist area forming a back edge, and a crotch area disposed between the front and back waist areas, the absorbent article comprising:
a chassis having opposed first and second longitudinal sides and opposed first and second lateral sides, the chassis having an original longitudinal length and an original lateral length, the chassis defining first and second leg openings and including; a biaxially extensible outer cover, a biaxially extensible bodyside liner forming a wearer adjacent surface, an absorbent core assembly interposed between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner, a first leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the first longitudinal side of the chassis and a second leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the second longitudinal side of the chassis.
- 2. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second longitudinal sides of the chassis is a straight edge.
- 3. The absorbent article of claim 2 wherein each of the first and second longitudinal sides of the chassis is a straight edge.
- 4. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the at least one of the first and second leg elastic members comprises an elastic film material.
- 5. The absorbent article of claim 4 wherein each of the first and second leg elastic members comprises an elastic film material.
- 6. The absorbent article of claim 4 wherein the elastic film material comprises a polymeric composition including white mineral oil, hydrogenated alpha-methyl styrene/styrene resin, styrene-isoprene block copolymer, and aromatic petroleum hydrocarbon resin.
- 7. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended at least 5 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 8. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended at least 15 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 9. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended at least 30 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 10. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended up to 150 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 11. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended up to 125 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 12. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended up to 100 percent of its original longitudinal length.
- 13. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended at least 10 percent of its original lateral length.
- 14. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended at least 25 percent of its original lateral length.
- 15. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended at least 50 percent of its original lateral length.
- 16. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended up to 200 percent of its original lateral length.
- 17. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended up to 150 percent of its original lateral length.
- 18. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be laterally extended up to 125 percent of its original lateral length.
- 19. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended at least 10 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 20. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended at least 25 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 21. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended at least 50 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 22. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended up to 200 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 23. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended up to 150 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 24. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the chassis can be diagonally extended up to 125 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 25. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the biaxially extensible outer cover comprises a polypropylene spunbond that is laminated with styrene-isoprene-styrene-based adhesive.
- 26. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the biaxially extensible bodyside liner comprises a surfactant-treated polypropylene spunbond, necked and creped at about 50%.
- 27. The absorbent article of claim 1 comprising a diaper.
- 28. The absorbent article of claim 1 comprising a swim wear garment.
- 29. The absorbent article of claim 1 comprising a training pants.
- 30. The absorbent article of claim 1 comprising an adult incontinence garment.
- 31. An absorbent article adapted to be worn by a wearer, the absorbent article including a front waist area forming a front edge, a back waist area forming a back edge, and a crotch area disposed between the front and back waist areas, the absorbent article comprising:
a chassis having opposed first and second longitudinal sides and opposed first and second lateral sides, each of the first and second longitudinal sides forms a straight edge, the chassis having an original longitudinal length and an original lateral length, the chassis defining first and second leg openings and including; a biaxially extensible outer cover, a biaxially extensible bodyside liner forming a wearer adjacent surface, an absorbent core assembly interposed between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner, a first leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the first longitudinal side of the chassis and a second leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the second longitudinal side of the chassis, wherein at least one of the first and second leg elastic members comprises an elastic film material.
- 32. The absorbent article of claim 31 wherein each of the first and second leg elastic members comprises an elastic film material.
- 33. The absorbent article of claim 31 wherein the elastic film material comprises a polymeric composition including white mineral oil, hydrogenated alpha-methyl styrene/styrene resin, styrene-isoprene block copolymer, and aromatic petroleum hydrocarbon resin.
- 34. The absorbent article of claim 31 wherein the chassis can be longitudinally extended at least 5 percent and up to 150 percent of its original longitudinal length; laterally extended at least 10 percent and up to 200 percent of its original lateral length; and diagonally extended at least 10 percent and up to 200 percent of its original diagonal length.
- 35. The absorbent article of claim 31 comprising a diaper.
- 36. The absorbent article of claim 31 comprising a swim wear garment.
- 37. The absorbent article of claim 31 comprising training pants.
- 38. The absorbent article of claim 31 comprising an adult incontinence garment.
Priority Claims (3)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
PCT/US01/31071 |
Oct 2001 |
US |
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069072 |
Oct 2001 |
TH |
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01 01 05029 |
Oct 2001 |
AR |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of application, Ser. No. 09/698,517, filed on Oct. 27, 2000. The co-pending parent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and is made a part hereof, including but not limited to those portions which specifically appear hereinafter.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09698517 |
Oct 2000 |
US |
Child |
10011088 |
Dec 2001 |
US |