05.31.17
David John Enz, Neenah, WI; Robert Lee Popp, Greenville, WI; David Fleger Bishop, Appleton, WI; Wendy Lynn VanDyke, Appleton, WI; Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI; and Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/28/14
Issued: 4/11/17
An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impermeable outer cover, a liquid permeable top sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the top sheet, the absorbent assembly including a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the rear waist region; a pair of ears extending transversely outward from opposite sides of the absorbent assembly; a fastening system configured to attach the rear waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the fastening system comprising a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system, the primary fastening system including at least one primary first fastening component and a primary second fastening component, the secondary fastening system including at least one secondary first fastening component and at least one secondary second fastening component; and a strip coupled to the outer cover, the strip including the primary second fastening component; wherein the at least one secondary first fastening component is coupled to a first carrier, and wherein the first carrier is coupled directly to the outer cover proximate the front waist region.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/28/14
Issued: 4/11/17
An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impermeable outer cover, a liquid permeable top sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the top sheet, the absorbent assembly including a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the rear waist region; a pair of ears extending transversely outward from opposite sides of the absorbent assembly; a fastening system configured to attach the rear waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the fastening system comprising a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system, the primary fastening system including at least one primary first fastening component and a primary second fastening component, the secondary fastening system including at least one secondary first fastening component and at least one secondary second fastening component; and a strip coupled to the outer cover, the strip including the primary second fastening component; wherein the at least one secondary first fastening component is coupled to a first carrier, and wherein the first carrier is coupled directly to the outer cover proximate the front waist region.
