Patent ID: 9486369
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A pull-on wearable article comprising: a front region; a back region opposite the front region; a crotch region disposed between the front region and the back region, wherein the crotch region comprises two opposing longitudinal edges; a chassis comprising an absorbent core extending from the front region to the back region; a backsheet disposed on the absorbent core, wherein the backsheet includes a nonwoven outer layer having a front region distal end portion and a back region distal end portion; a front panel and a back panel, wherein a portion of each of the front panel and the back panel extends laterally outward beyond the absorbent core, wherein each of the front panel and the back panel comprises a panel edge region extending parallel to at least one of the two opposing longitudinal edges; wherein the front panel and the back panel abut to form a first seam and a second seam; wherein the first seam comprises first discrete bonding sites extending continuously along the panel edge region in a first generally linear pattern; wherein the second seam comprises first discrete bonding sites extending continuously along the panel edge region in a first generally linear pattern; wherein the front panel and the back panel are configured to join the front region and the back region to form a continuous belt; wherein at least one of the front panel and the back panel comprises an elastic member, wherein the elastic member comprises a film having one or more apertures; and a fold including an upper edge extending about a circumference of the continuous belt such that each of the front region distal end portion and the back region distal end portion of the nonwoven outer layer is disposed between the upper edge and the absorbent core, and wherein the front region distal end portion and the back region distal end portion extend about the circumference of the continuous belt.