Appeal 2007-1015
Application 10/011,088
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed to an absorbent article
including a chassis including a biaxial extendable outer cover, a biaxial
extendable body side liner, an absorbent core disposed between the cover
and the liner, first and second leg elastic members, each captured between
the cover and liner along first and second longitudinal sides of the chassis,
respectively, wherein at least one of the longitudinal sides forms a straight
edge in the crotch area of the absorbent article when the article is placed in a
flat, planar orientation. Appellants indicate that the claimed article self
forms seals at natural body hinge points of a wearer (Specification 2).
Claim 2 is illustrative and reproduced below:
2. An absorbent article adapted to be worn by a wearer, the absorbent
article including a front waist area forming a front edge, a back waist area
forming a back edge, and a crotch area disposed between the front and back
waist areas, the absorbent article comprising:
a chassis having opposed first and second longitudinal sides and
opposed first and second lateral sides, the chassis having an original
longitudinal length and an original lateral length, the chassis defining first
and second leg openings and including;
a biaxially extensible outer cover,
a biaxially extensible bodyside liner forming a wearer adjacent
surface,
an absorbent core assembly interposed between the biaxially
extensible outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner,
a first leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible
outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the first
longitudinal side of the chassis and
a second leg elastic member captured between the biaxially extensible
outer cover and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the second
longitudinal side of the chassis,
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