03.26.14
US Patent No.: 8,622,984 B2
Inventor(s): Gregory J. Rajala, Neenah, WI, US; Steven C. Gehling, Oshkosh, WI, US; and Paul D. Suke, Appleton, WI, US
Company: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI, US.
Filed: 10/27/10
Issued: 1/7/14
A disposable garment comprising: a front body portion, a back body portion, and a crotch portion in between the front body portion and the back body portion, the front body portion and the back body portion being connected together to form a waist opening, a first leg opening, and a second leg opening, the first leg opening being surrounded by a first front leg edge portion, a first back leg edge portion, and a first crotch leg edge portion positioned in between the first front leg edge portion and the first back leg edge portion, the second leg opening being surrounded by a second front leg edge portion, a second back leg edge portion, and second crotch leg edge portion positioned in between the second front leg edge portion and the second back leg edge portion; an absorbent located at least within the crotch portion; a first elastic having a first end near a first side edge of the front body portion and extending along the first front leg edge portion and the second front leg edge portion to a second end near a second side edge of the front body portion, the first elastic having been cut to form a first front intermediate end spaced from a second front intermediate end; a second elastic having a first end near a first side edge of the back body portion and extending along the first back leg edge portion and along the second back leg edge portion to a second end near a second side edge of the back body portion, the second elastic having been cut to form a first back intermediate end spaced from a second back intermediate end; and a plurality of opposing crotch elastics extendably affixed to opposing edges of the crotch portion in between the first elastic and the second elastic on each side of the crotch portion.
Inventor(s): Gregory J. Rajala, Neenah, WI, US; Steven C. Gehling, Oshkosh, WI, US; and Paul D. Suke, Appleton, WI, US
Company: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI, US.
Filed: 10/27/10
Issued: 1/7/14
A disposable garment comprising: a front body portion, a back body portion, and a crotch portion in between the front body portion and the back body portion, the front body portion and the back body portion being connected together to form a waist opening, a first leg opening, and a second leg opening, the first leg opening being surrounded by a first front leg edge portion, a first back leg edge portion, and a first crotch leg edge portion positioned in between the first front leg edge portion and the first back leg edge portion, the second leg opening being surrounded by a second front leg edge portion, a second back leg edge portion, and second crotch leg edge portion positioned in between the second front leg edge portion and the second back leg edge portion; an absorbent located at least within the crotch portion; a first elastic having a first end near a first side edge of the front body portion and extending along the first front leg edge portion and the second front leg edge portion to a second end near a second side edge of the front body portion, the first elastic having been cut to form a first front intermediate end spaced from a second front intermediate end; a second elastic having a first end near a first side edge of the back body portion and extending along the first back leg edge portion and along the second back leg edge portion to a second end near a second side edge of the back body portion, the second elastic having been cut to form a first back intermediate end spaced from a second back intermediate end; and a plurality of opposing crotch elastics extendably affixed to opposing edges of the crotch portion in between the first elastic and the second elastic on each side of the crotch portion.