Patent ID: 9096078
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61F,B41J

Abstract:
1. A method for producing customized absorbent articles, each absorbent article comprising a chassis including a first surface and an opposing second surface, the chassis having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, a first end region longitudinally opposed to a second end region, and a central region longitudinally intermediate of the first and second end regions, the method comprising the steps of: providing a carrier comprising an endless belt; placing a chassis of an absorbent article on the endless belt; advancing the endless belt and the absorbent article in a machine direction; pressing the advancing absorbent article against the endless belt; increasing the surface energy of the second surface of the chassis; printing a graphic on the second surface of the advancing absorbent article; and removing the absorbent article from the endless belt.