Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Brent Charles Otis

Suzanne Marie Schmoker

Julie Ann Paveletzke

Brian Keith Rhodes

Kimberly Louise Ellefson

Kimberly Marie Downs

Davis-Dang H Nhan

Sudhanshu Gakhar

Paulin Pawar

Kristen Alene Decker

Davis-Dang Hoang Nhan

A refastenable disposable garment defines a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and comprises a first waist region contiguous with a first waist edge. The first waist region defines first and second side edges transversely spaced apart and defines first and second surfaces. The first waist region is elastomeric proximal both the first and second side edges. The garment can include a second waist region and a crotch region that interconnects the first and second waist regions. The garment comprises non-extensible, relatively rigid first and second fastening components attached to the first surface of the first waist region adjacent the first and second side edges, respectively. The first waist region defines first and second flange portions transversely outward of the first and second fastening components, respectively. Each flange portion is transversely curled toward the second surface. A process for making such an article is also disclosed.

Refastenable disposable garment having a curled edge, and process for making same

A wetness sensing system for use with an absorbent article includes a holding fixture adapted to be attached to the outer surface of the absorbent article by a consumer, the holding fixture including a first attachment arm having an article-facing side including a first attachment material affixed thereto, and a sensor band including a sensor and having an article-facing side including a second attachment material affixed thereto, wherein the second attachment material has an area and is in a proportion of the area to the weight of the system, and wherein the sensor band has a bending stiffness of less than 30 gf cm^2/cm. The system also includes a signaling device coupled to the holding fixture and in electrical communication with the sensor, wherein the system is adapted to sense wetness within the article without the use of conductors within the absorbent article.

Attachment for a conductorless wetness detector for an absorbent article

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New London, WI, United States of America

Brent Charles Otis