Patent ID: 8940118
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling diapers of varying sizes, the method comprising: providing a series of waist belts, each waist belt having a uniform longitudinal length L1 extending in a machine direction, and wherein each waist belt includes an upper waist region, a lower waist region, and a leg opening region; providing a series of chassis, each chassis having a uniform longitudinal length L2 extending in the machine direction; aligning a waist belt from the series of waist belts with a chassis from the series of chassis such that the length of the chassis plus the length of the waist belt extending longitudinally beyond the chassis, if any, equals a total diaper length extending in the machine direction; varying the alignment of the waist belt and the chassis to change the total diaper length without changing L1 or L2; and wherein the waist belt and the chassis are aligned using a spacing device.