04.12.21
Luis Alberto Tenorio, Menasha, WI; Jeffrey Alan DeBroux, Appleton, WI; David Kyle Stankewicz, Appleton, WI; Darin Allen Engelhart, Appleton, WI; James Richard Schermerhorn, Neenah, WI; Michael Donald Sperl, Waupaca, WI; Daniel Mark Duhm, Greenville, WI; Michael Lee Lohoff, Oshkosh, WI; Anita Marie-Nanette Gilgenbach, Sandy Springs, GA; and Kenneth James Quella, Appleton, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/15/18
Issued: 3/2/21
An absorbent article having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, the absorbent article comprising: an outer cover; a body-side liner; an absorbent assembly disposed between the outer cover and the body-side liner; a pair of leg and flap elastic composites with each leg and flap elastic composite including a containment flap portion and a gasket portion, each of the leg and flap elastic composites being attached to the body-side liner such that one of the leg and flap elastic composites is disposed adjacent one side edge of the body-side liner and the other leg and flap elastic composite is disposed adjacent the other side edge of the body-side liner, each of the leg and flap elastic composites extending longitudinally from the front waist region through the crotch region to the back waist region, each of the leg and flap elastic composites having a deadened portion in at least one of the front waist region and the back waist region; and at least one waist elastic member extending longitudinally between the deadened portions of each of the leg and flap elastic composites.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/15/18
Issued: 3/2/21
An absorbent article having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, the absorbent article comprising: an outer cover; a body-side liner; an absorbent assembly disposed between the outer cover and the body-side liner; a pair of leg and flap elastic composites with each leg and flap elastic composite including a containment flap portion and a gasket portion, each of the leg and flap elastic composites being attached to the body-side liner such that one of the leg and flap elastic composites is disposed adjacent one side edge of the body-side liner and the other leg and flap elastic composite is disposed adjacent the other side edge of the body-side liner, each of the leg and flap elastic composites extending longitudinally from the front waist region through the crotch region to the back waist region, each of the leg and flap elastic composites having a deadened portion in at least one of the front waist region and the back waist region; and at least one waist elastic member extending longitudinally between the deadened portions of each of the leg and flap elastic composites.