Patent ID: 8834437
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A disposable absorbent garment, comprising: a waistband assembly configured to be worn about a waist of a subject; and an absorbent panel assembly having first and second ends that are coupled to the waistband assembly, the absorbent panel assembly including a liquid-pervious body-side layer, a liquid impervious external layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the body-side and external layers; wherein the absorbent panel assembly and the waistband assembly include a first contraction region that extends continuously between opposite upper edge regions of the waistband assembly and across the absorbent panel assembly; wherein the first contraction region is configured to be extensible and retractable along a longitudinal axis of the absorbent core; and wherein an extensibility characteristic of the first contraction region along a central portion of the longitudinal axis of the absorbent core is different than an extensibility characteristic of the first contraction region outside of the central portion of the longitudinal axis of the absorbent core.