Appeal 2007-1323
Application 10/032,701
INTRODUCTION
The claims are directed to an absorbent garment. Claims 11, 14, 16,
and 42 are illustrative:
11. An absorbent garment comprising:
a body panel having a line of weakness extending across at least a
portion thereof, wherein said body panel has a tear strength of less than
about 5 lbf along said line of weakness.
14. The absorbent garment of claim 11 wherein said body panel has a
tensile strength of less than about 6.62 lbf across said line of weakness.
16. The absorbent garment of claim 11 further comprising a fastener
member bridging said line of weakness, wherein said fastener member is
fixedly secured to said body panel on one side of said line of weakness and
is releasably engaged with said body panel on the other side of said line of
weakness.
42. An absorbent garment comprising:
a body panel having a line of weakness extending across at least a
portion thereof in a longitudinal direction, wherein said body panel has a tear
strength of less than about 5 lbf along said line of weakness, wherein said
body panel comprises a front body panel extending continuously between
and defining opposite, laterally spaced side edges joined to opposite,
laterally spaced side edges of a rear body panel at a pair of side seams,
wherein said line of weakness is formed in said front body panel between
said side edges of said front body panel, and wherein said front body panel
has a first terminal crotch edge formed at least at a midpoint between said
side edges of said front body panel and said rear body panel has a second
terminal crotch edge formed at least at a midpoint between said edges of said
rear body panel, wherein said first and second terminal crotch edges are
longitudinally spaced apart and define a longitudinally extending gap
therebetween at said midpoints between said side edges of said front and
rear body panels, and further comprising an absorbent composite bridging
said longitudinally extending gap at said midpoints between said side edges
of said front and rear body panels and overlying said midpoints between said
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