Patent ID: 9072632
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61F,F04C

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the absorbent article comprising a main portion, a side portion, and a waist portion; the side portion disposed transversely outboard of the main portion; the waist portion comprising a belt portion; the belt portion comprising of a front belt portion comprising elastomeric material and a back belt portion comprising elastomeric material; wherein the front belt portion comprises a first elastic section and a second elastic section; wherein the first elastic section of the front belt portion comprises a first force zone, a second force zone, and a third force zone; wherein the second elastic section of the front belt portion comprises a fourth force zone, fifth force zone, and a sixth force zone; wherein the back belt portion comprises a third elastic section and a fourth elastic section; wherein the third elastic section of the back belt comprises a seventh force zone, eighth force zone, and a ninth force zone; wherein the fourth elastic section of the back belt comprises a tenth force zone, eleventh force zone, and a twelfth force zone; wherein the individual force zones each comprise an individual force profile; wherein the force profile of two or more of the second force zone, the fifth force zone, the eighth force zone and the eleventh force zone is greater than the force profile of the adjacent force zones in the respective elastic sections; wherein the elastomeric material of the front belt portion and the elastomeric material of the back belt portion comprises elastic strands exhibiting a linear density and a force prestrain; and wherein at least one of the elastic strands is aligned in a curved fashion forming an acute angle with the longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article.