Patent ID: 9138362
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A folded absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, a liquid permeable inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed between the inner and outer layers, at least one of the inner layer and outer layer defining the longitudinally opposite ends and transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly, the outer layer comprises an outer layer loop material; a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component, wherein the loop fastening component comprises a fastening component loop material; and a pair of spaced-apart hook fastening components disposed on the outer layer in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly, each of the hook fastening components being selectively engageable with a respective one of the loop fastening components in a wear configuration of the article; wherein the absorbent article is folded such that the hook fastening components engage the outer layer loop material of the outer layer in the back waist region, and wherein a peak force required to disengage each of the hook fastening components from the back waist region is less than 120 grams-force when measured using a Diaper Opening Force Test, wherein the peak force required to disengage each of the hook fastening components from the outer layer loop material is less than a peak force required to disengage each of the hook fastening components from the fastening component loop material.