08.05.19
Justin M. Mueller, Oshkosh, WI; KyungSik Jang, Daejeon, South Korea; JaeHong Lee, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; WenTong Lay, Appleton, WI; Gabriel F. Botero, Antioquia, Colombia; and Blake A. Hondl, Neenah, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 9/26/14
Issued: 6/11/19
An absorbent article having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front region and the back region, the absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly extending longitudinally between the front region and the back region, the absorbent assembly comprising an inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, and an absorbent structure disposed between the inner and outer layers; and a waist assembly including a front panel and a back panel both formed separately from each other and then attached to the absorbent assembly, the front panel extending along the front region and the back panel extending along the back region, the front and back panels defining a waist opening of the absorbent article when the article is in a wear configuration, wherein the front and back panels are fully formed from an elastic laminate comprising a non-apertured body-facing layer that is liquid-impermeable and vapor permeable, an apertured garment-facing layer that is vapor permeable, and an elastic layer disposed between the body-facing layer and at least the garment-facing layer.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 9/26/14
Issued: 6/11/19
An absorbent article having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front region and the back region, the absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly extending longitudinally between the front region and the back region, the absorbent assembly comprising an inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, and an absorbent structure disposed between the inner and outer layers; and a waist assembly including a front panel and a back panel both formed separately from each other and then attached to the absorbent assembly, the front panel extending along the front region and the back panel extending along the back region, the front and back panels defining a waist opening of the absorbent article when the article is in a wear configuration, wherein the front and back panels are fully formed from an elastic laminate comprising a non-apertured body-facing layer that is liquid-impermeable and vapor permeable, an apertured garment-facing layer that is vapor permeable, and an elastic layer disposed between the body-facing layer and at least the garment-facing layer.