10.04.22
Joseph J. Sina, Appleton, WI; Kathleen Irene Bennett, Neenah, WI; Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI; and Thomas Harold Roessler, Menasha, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 12/29/20
Issued: 9/6/22
A method for manufacturing absorbent articles, the method comprising: delivering a continuous web of liquid impermeable backsheet material in a machine direction; delivering a continuous web of liquid permeable bodyside liner material in the machine direction; providing a plurality of absorbent structures; attaching the web of backsheet material to the web of bodyside liner material such that the absorbent structures are interposed between the web of backsheet material and the web of bodyside liner material; delivering a continuous web of first waist elastic material in the cross-machine direction; cutting the web of first waist elastic material to form a plurality of discrete first waist elastic members; attaching the first waist elastic members to the web of bodyside liner material in the cross-machine direction; delivering a continuous web of second waist elastic material in the cross-machine direction; cutting the web of second waist elastic material to form a plurality of discrete second waist elastic members; and attaching the second waist elastic members to the web of backsheet material in the cross-machine direction such that the webs of backsheet material and bodyside liner material are interposed between one of the first waist elastic members and a respective one of the second waist elastic members.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 12/29/20
Issued: 9/6/22
A method for manufacturing absorbent articles, the method comprising: delivering a continuous web of liquid impermeable backsheet material in a machine direction; delivering a continuous web of liquid permeable bodyside liner material in the machine direction; providing a plurality of absorbent structures; attaching the web of backsheet material to the web of bodyside liner material such that the absorbent structures are interposed between the web of backsheet material and the web of bodyside liner material; delivering a continuous web of first waist elastic material in the cross-machine direction; cutting the web of first waist elastic material to form a plurality of discrete first waist elastic members; attaching the first waist elastic members to the web of bodyside liner material in the cross-machine direction; delivering a continuous web of second waist elastic material in the cross-machine direction; cutting the web of second waist elastic material to form a plurality of discrete second waist elastic members; and attaching the second waist elastic members to the web of backsheet material in the cross-machine direction such that the webs of backsheet material and bodyside liner material are interposed between one of the first waist elastic members and a respective one of the second waist elastic members.