Appeal No. 96-1366
Application 08/105,617
canceled. Appellants’ claimed subject matter is disposable
absorbent pants.
Claim 3 recites:
3. Disposable absorbent pants comprising a front
body (2), a rear body (3) and a liquid absorbent panel (15)
disposed between said front body (2) and said rear body (3),
said pants having a waist opening, two leg openings (10) and a
crotch area extending between said leg openings (10),
(a) each said body (2, 3) consisting of a liquid-
permeable topsheet (4), a liquid-impermeable backsheet (5) and
a mass of absorbent material (6) sandwiched therebetween,
(b) each body (2, 3) having spaced apart side edges,
each side edge of said front body (2) being detachably joined
in overlapping relationship to a side edge of said rear body
(3) by a plurality of fastener means (13),
(c) each body (2, 3) having bottom edges, portions
of the bottom edges of said bodies (2,3) being spaced apart
from each other to form leg openings (10) and the remaining
portions of the bottom edges of said bodies (2,3) being bonded
together along a convexly curved welding line (8) to thereby
form a convexly curved crotch zone that extends between said
leg openings (10), said convexly curved crotch zone having an
apex (9) that is closer to said waist opening than are said
leg openings (10),
(d) said liquid-absorbent panel (15) having a
generally U-shaped configuration
(i) that is positioned in said crotch zone and
bonded to the interior surface of said pants,
(ii) the open ends of said U-shaped configuration
facing toward said waist opening,
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