Appeal 2007-1015
Application 10/011,088
members captured between the biaxially extensible liner and outer cover
along differing longitudinal sides of the chassis.
The Examiner contends that Widlund discloses an absorbent article
including:
A chassis having opposed first and second longitudinal
sides and opposed first and second lateral sides (Figure 1). The
chassis has original longitudinal and lateral length and defines
first and second leg openings (Figures 1, 4, and 8).
The article further includes a biaxially extensible outer
cover 2, a biaxially extensible bodyside liner in that Widlund
discloses in paragraph 5, lines 40-47 elastic ribbons or threads
are applied to the liquid permeable layer 1 transversely and
longitudinally, and this results in contraction of both the inner
liner and cover. When the article is applied to the body, both
the inner liner and cover are biaxially extensible by creating
stretch in the transverse and longitudinal directions, thus the
bodyside liner and outer cover are considered biaxially
extensible. Widlund further discloses an absorbent core 3
interposed between the biaxially extensible outer cover and the
biaxially extensible bodyside liner (col. 5, line 1-4, lines 40-52;
col. 6, lines 28-54; col. 8, line 60 through col. 9, line 2; Figures
4, 8, and 9).
Widlund further discloses first and second leg elastic
member captured between the biaxially extensible outer cover
and the biaxially extensible bodyside liner along the first
longitudinal side of the chassis (Figure 1, elements 15, 18).
Each of the first and second longitudinal sides of the
chassis forms a straight edge in at least the crotch area when the
absorbent article is in a flat, planar, orientation (Figures 1, 4,
and 8) and the first and second leg elastic each include at least
one straight edge along the first and second longitudinal sides
(Figures 1, 4, and 8).
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