US4752349A
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Disposable absorbent product having resilient scalloped edge, and method of making the product
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1986-02-28
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Granted: 1988-06-21
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Expires: 2006-02-28
Abstract
Abstract A disposable absorbent product such as a panty liner (or pantiliner) or sanitary napkin or product for incontinents having a resilient, scalloped perimetrical edge, and a method of making the product. In a preferred laminated embodiment, a resilient absorbent core lamina is disposed between and coextensive--at least in their edge areas--with a liquid permeable topsheet and a liquid barrier backsheet. The elements are bonded together by a multiplicity of perimetrically spaced, compacted bonded areas which impart a scalloped character to the edge of the product, and wherein each scallop is filled with an edge portion of the resilient absorbent core lamina. Each bonded area is preferably elongate, and orthogonally disposed with respect to the edge of the product; and, preferably, each bonded area comprises a plurality of concatenated discrete bonds for improved flexibility.
Inventors
- 👤 James M. Gebel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 03:01
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/45; A61F13/47; A61F13/475; A61F13/4751; A61F13/4757; A61F13/51; A61F13/515; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1052; Y10T156/1054; Y10T156/108; Y10T156/1084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of making a laminated disposable absorbent product having a scalloped perimetrical edge wherein each scallop is a resilient cushion comprising an edge portion of a resilient lamina of said product, said method comprising: juxtaposing webs of the laminae constituents of said product, said webs being greater in area than the finished area of said product whereby said product can be separated from the edge portions of the laminae along a perimetrical line of parting; bonding the laminae together with a multiplicity of discrete perimetrically spaced, compacted bonded zones which are disposed to span said line of parting, and which bonded zones are sufficiently thinner than the sum of the thicknesses of uncompacted areas of said laminae to impart a scalloped character to said perimetrical edge; and severing said laminae along said line of parting to separate said product from said webs to thereby form said scalloped perimetrical edge.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of making a laminated disposable absorbent product having a scalloped perimetrical edge wherein each scallop is a resilient cushion comprising an edge portion of a resilient lamina of said product, said method comprising: juxtaposing webs of the laminae constituents of said product, said webs being greater in area than the finished area of said product whereby said product can be separated from the edge portions of the laminae along a perimetrical line of parting; bonding the laminae together with a multiplicity of discrete perimetrically spaced, compacted bonded zones which are disposed to span said line of parting, and which bonded zones are sufficiently thinner than the sum of the thicknesses of uncompacted areas of said laminae to impart a scalloped character to said perimetrical edge; and severing said laminae along said line of parting to separate said product from said webs to thereby form said scalloped perimetrical edge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of making the laminated disposable absorbent product of claim 1 wherein each said bonded zone is elongate and is oriented with its length generally orthogonal with respect to said line of parting.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of making the laminated disposable product of claim 2 wherein each elongate said bonded zone comprises a linear array of concatenated discrete bonds.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
24 words
The method of claims 2 or 3 wherein said elongate bonded zones have greater lengths than the desired width of said scalloped perimetrical edge.
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