Patent ID: 8815042
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a plurality of hip panels for disposable absorbent articles and attaching a pair of the hip panels to an absorbent assembly, the method comprising: feeding a web to a cutting apparatus; cutting the web at a first location with the cutting apparatus to form a curved upper edge of a first hip panel of the plurality of hip panels; cutting the web at a second location with the cutting apparatus to form a curved lower edge of the first hip panel, the curved lower edge and the curved upper edge being substantially identical with respect to each other, wherein cutting the web at the first and second locations forms a discrete web segment separated from the web and defining the first hip panel; cutting the web at a third location to form another discrete web segment separated from the web and defining a second hip panel of the plurality of hip panels, the second hip panel having a curved lower edge and a curved upper edge that are substantially identical with respect to each other, the pair of the hip panels comprising the first hip panel and the second hip panel; and bonding the pair of the hip panels to the absorbent assembly such that the curved upper edges and the curved lower edges of the pair of the hip panels curve upward toward a line including a longitudinal end of the absorbent assembly as the edges extend away from the absorbent assembly, the absorbent assembly having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region disposed longitudinally between the front waist region and the back waist region.