Pant-Type Wearable Article

Abstract

Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in longitudinal and transverse directions comprising a front elastic belt, a back elastic belt, and a crotch region; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt; the front elastic belt and back elastic belt being discontinuous with each other in the crotch region, wherein certain of the front/back elastic belt is a non-elastic region; the front and back non-elastic regions have a First Belt Pattern FBP and the crotch region has a First Crotch Pattern FCP; wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP as well as First Crotch Pattern FCP is a Geometric Pattern, wherein 1) both the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP have a Longitudinal Orientation, or 2) both the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP form a High Order Pattern HOP and have a Non-directional Orientation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt, a back elastic belt, a crotch region, a waist opening, and a pair of leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt;
 each of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt being a laminate comprising an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an elastic member running in the transverse direction, and the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt being discontinuous with each other in the crotch region;   the front elastic belt and back elastic belt having a transverse dimension of LW, the smaller longitudinal dimension of the front elastic belt or the back elastic belt having a dimension of LS, wherein from about 10% to about 40% of LW, and from about 15% to about 75% of LS, is removed of its elastic activity, wherein the region of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt removed of its elastic activity defines a non-elastic region; the front and back non-elastic regions have a First Belt Pattern FBP and the crotch region has a First Crotch Pattern FCP;   wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP are both a Geometric Pattern, and the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP both have a Longitudinal Orientation, according to the measurements herein.   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP have a common element. 
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP are different. 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP is aligned in a plurality of lines extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lines are spaced apart from each other with a transverse pitch DF 1  of from about 2 mm to about 15 mm. 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the First Crotch Pattern FCP is aligned in a plurality of wavy lines extending in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         6 . A wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt, a back elastic belt, a crotch region, a waist opening and a pair of leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt;
 each of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt being a laminate comprising an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an elastic member running in the transverse direction, and the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt being discontinuous with each other in the crotch region;   the front elastic belt and back elastic belt having a transverse dimension of LW, the smaller longitudinal dimension of the front elastic belt or the back elastic belt having a dimension of LS, wherein from about 10% to about 40% of LW, and from about 15% to about 75% of LS, is removed of its elastic activity, wherein the region of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt removed of its elastic activity defines a non-elastic region; the front and back non-elastic regions have a First Belt Pattern FBP and the crotch region has a First Crotch Pattern FCP;   wherein both the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP form a High Order Pattern HOP having an area dimension of from about 16 mm 2  to about 200 mm 2 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP are Geometric Patterns having a common element, and both the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP have a Non-directional Orientation, according to the measurements herein.   
     
     
         7 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the non-elastic region further comprises a Second Belt Pattern SBP which is a Geometric Pattern. 
     
     
         8 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the crotch region further comprises a Second Crotch Pattern SCP which is a Geometric Pattern. 
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the non-elastic region further comprises a Second Belt Pattern SBP which is an Aesthetic Pattern, the crotch region further comprises a Second Crotch Pattern SCP which is an Aesthetic Pattern, wherein the Second Belt Pattern SBP and the Second Crotch Pattern SCP have a common element. 
     
     
         10 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP has a Pattern Density and the First Crotch Pattern FCP has a Pattern Density, wherein the difference between the Pattern Density of the First Belt Pattern FBP and that of the First Crotch Pattern FCP is less than about 10 points according to the measurements herein. 
     
     
         11 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP are formed by apertures having a minor radius of at least about 0.1 mm. 
     
     
         12 . The article of  claim 11  wherein at least one of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt have an opacity of at least about 25%. 
     
     
         13 . The article of  claim 11 , wherein the First Belt Pattern FBP and the First Crotch Pattern FCP are embossings. 
     
     
         14 . The article of  claim 6  wherein the entire garment facing surface of the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt have the First Belt Pattern FBP. 
     
     
         15 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the First Crotch Pattern FCP is provided on an outer cover layer, wherein the outer cover layer extends and overlaps with the front elastic belt and the back elastic belt for less than about 20 mm, respectively, in the longitudinal direction.