Patent ID: 9700465
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A disposable absorbent article comprising: an absorbent core having a garment surface and an opposed body surface, which surfaces meet along a pair of longitudinal edges and a pair of end edges; a liquid permeable topsheet positioned adjacent the body surface of the absorbent core and having a pair of opposed longitudinal edges; a liquid impermeable backsheet positioned adjacent the garment surface of the absorbent core; and a pair of elastically contractible cuffs, each of which is constructed of a continuous cuff material and has a standing cuff portion which comprises one or more elastic members, wherein each elastically contractible cuff is secured about one of said longitudinal edges of the topsheet by an assembly bond, with the standing cuff portion having a free edge and being laterally offset away from the longitudinal edge of the absorbent core; wherein the assembly bond is located outboard of the absorbent core and inboard of all of the elastic members of the standing cuff portion; wherein each cuff includes one or more cuff folds, a cuff fold bond, and a cuff end bond.