Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Cole William Poole

Shannon Kathleen Melius

Tim G Dollevoet

Brian Keith Rhodes

Terri Lynn Meisel

Bradley A Colvin

Andrew Mark Long

John David Amundson

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke

Julie Ann Paveletzke

Russell Joseph Brumm

Susan Marie Trefethren

Christopher Martin Pieper

Andrew Edward Neubauer

Nathan Allen Genke

Jennifer Leigh Skabroud Misek

Jennifer L Misek

Chris P Olson

Frank Lawrence Faubel

John Dibb

Timothy L Smith

Sandra K Walker

Adam Suttner

A pant-like absorbent articles having handles on side panels of the article for ease of removal and donning of the absorbent garment is disclosed. The article includes a front waist region, a back waist region, and a chassis extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions attached by at least one side panel. Formed within the side panel is at least one handle. The handle includes an aperture formed through the side panel. The handle further includes a reinforcing material operatively joined to the at least one side panel adjacent distal side edges of the aperture.

Disposable article with reinforced handle

A method of manufacturing an absorbent article which is prefastened by the manufacturer and refastenable by the wearer of the absorbent article. The method can include fastening the side panels of an absorbent article in which the side panels of the absorbent article are of different widths.

Absorbent article side panel method of fastening

A disposable absorbent article is presenting having multiple components and including an inspection region subject to inspection using infrared radiation, wherein the inspection region includes a junction of two components; and a printed graphic in the inspection region, wherein the ink used to print the graphic includes no carbon black colorant such that the printed graphic is substantially transparent to infrared radiation. In addition, a disposable absorbent article having multiple components includes a printed graphic in an inspection region subject to inspection using infrared radiation, the printed graphic including black ink having no carbon black colorant such that the printed graphic is substantially transparent to infrared radiation.

Disposable absorbent articles incorporating black-free colorants

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Cole William Poole