Patent ID: 6641692
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making an absorbent article having a front portion and a back portion, and a crotch portion between the front portion and the back portion, the method comprising:(a) slitting a first elongate substrate into first and second separate pieces of material, having first and second lengths and first and second widths, and facing inner slit edges, and spacing the first and second separate pieces of material transversely from each other such that the facing inner slit edges are spaced from each other; (b) securing, to the first and second separate pieces of material, a second elongate substrate, having a third length aligned with the first and second lengths of the first and second separate pieces of material, and a third width aligned with the first and second widths of the first and second separate pieces of material, such that a central region of the second substrate is disposed between the facing inner slit edges, and securing outwardly-disposed elastic elements between the second substrate and the first and second separate pieces of material, whereby the second substrate and the first and second separate pieces of material, in combination with the elastic elements, define a base structure wherein first and second opposing surfaces of the second substrate define portions of first and second opposing outer surfaces of the base structure between the first and second separate pieces of material; (c) securing an absorbent core and a bodyside liner to the base structure at the first surface of the second substrate; and (d) securing an outer cover to the base structure, including securing a first portion of a width of the outer cover to the second surface of the second substrate, and securing second and third portions of the width of the outer cover to the first and second separate pieces of material, the first and second separate pieces of material, being between the outer cover and the second substrate.