Patent ID: 9028462
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A pant-like disposable absorbent garment defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the garment comprising a front waist panel, a back waist panel, and a crotch panel interconnecting the front waist panel and the back waist panel, the front waist panel being attached to the back waist panel along a pair of transversely opposed side seams to define a waist opening and two leg openings, the front waist panel and the back waist panel each comprising a laminate, each laminate comprising: an inner layer comprising nonwoven polyolefin-based material and colored a first color; an outer layer comprising nonwoven polyolefin-based material and colored a second color different than the first color; an elastomeric film layer sandwiched between the inner layer and the outer layer, the elastomeric film layer being coterminous with both the inner layer and the outer layer around a periphery of the laminate; wherein each laminate includes an outwardly folded flap proximate the waist opening, thereby defining an integral, outwardly visible waistband having a waistband lower edge, wherein at least one elastic strand is sandwiched between the outwardly folded flap and the remainder of the laminate in the front waist panel, and wherein at least one elastic strand is sandwiched between the outwardly folded flap and the remainder of the laminate in the back waist panel, and wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are coterminous at the waistband lower edge and the outwardly visible waistband is colored the first color.