Patent ID: 6503239
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A refastenable absorbent having a longitudinal axis article comprising:a) a front portion having a central section including first and second side edges, first and second lateral sections each positioned adjacent to one of said first and second side edges and each of said first and second lateral sections being releasably attached to said central section, each of said lateral sections having an outer edge, and said front portion having a first end and a second end; b) a crotch portion connecting said front portion to a back portion: said crotch portion having a first side edge and a second side edge, each of said first and second side edges of said crotch portion having an end point adjacent said back portion; said end points located where a line drawn parallel to said longitudinal axis, at a maximum distance transversely from said longitudinal axis, passes through said first and second side edges of said crotch portion at least twice; c) said back portion being divided into a first section and a second section; said first section bounded by a first end, a line drawn parallel to said first end, a first side edge, and a second side edge; said second section bounded by said line drawn parallel to said first end, a second end, a first edge. and a second edge; said line drawn parallel to said first end intersecting a pair of corners where said first and second side edges of said first section intersect with said first and second edges of said second section; said second end parallel to said first end and intersecting said end points where said first and second side edges of said crotch portion intersect with said first and second edges of said second section; said first section having a length L2 measured perpendicularly from said first end to said line drawn parallel thereto; said second section having a length L3 measured perpendicularly from said line drawn parallel to said first end to said second end; and said back portion having a ratio L2/L3 ranging from between about 0.2 to about 1.6; and d) an absorbent secured to at least one of said front, back or crotch portions, and each of said outer edges of said first and second lateral sections of said front portion being secured to one of said first and second side edges of said back portion to form a pant-like article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings.