Disposable absorbent article flap

Description

The FIGURE is a top plan view of a disposable absorbent article waistband, embodying my new design, with the bottom plan view being a mirror image.

The side and end elevational views are plain and unornamented and of a thin conventional thickness. The broken lines shown in the figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
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Foreign Patent Documents
9-192170 July 1997 JPX
Patent History
Patent number: D403403
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 6, 1997
Date of Patent: Dec 29, 1998
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH)
Inventors: Randy Levy Bernard (Oakley, OH), Constance Lee Fisher (Cincinnati, OH), Kimberly Ann Dreier (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Attorneys: Thomas J. Osborne, Jr., David M. Weirich, Jacobus C. Rasser
Application Number: 0/77,467
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Diaper Type Or Holding Garment Therefor (D24/126)
International Classification: 2404;