Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Cynthia Louise Wyngaard

Heather Schenck Mortell

Mark Steven Franke

Christopher Peter Olson

Mark Michael Mleziva

Shirlee Ann Weber

Kuo-Shu Edward Chang

Daniel Hoo

Lorry F Sallee

Mark John Beitz

Sandra M Yarbrough

Barbara Ann Gossen

Cynthia Helen Nordness

Richard Francis Keller

David Andrae Justmann

Eric Scott Kepner

Steven Scott Friderich

Chris Lee Heikkinen

Todd Christopher Larson

Raymond Gerard St Louis

Angela Rae Eder

David James VanEperen

Douglas Paul Rammer

Sherry Ann Van Dyke

Roxanne Marie Zuleger

Monica Lynn Bontrager

A personal care garment having side seams with a discreet or aesthetically pleasing appearance. The side seams can extend from a waist opening to each of two leg openings between a front side panel and a back side panel. In one embodiment, a ribbon cover is attached to an outer surface of the garment to secure the side seam and provide a finished, aesthetically pleasing appearance. In another embodiment, an embossing pattern can be applied to the side seam to provide a finished, aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Aesthetically improved side panels for disposable garment and methods of making the same

A method of concurrently providing a series of types of pant-like garments and corresponding information to consumers. The series includes two or more pant-like garments, each of the garments corresponding to a stage of toilet training. Each of the garments in the series may differ from one another in terms of absorbent capacity, size, and/or features. The information provided to the consumer helps the consumer discern which garment from the series is most appropriate for a child in a specific stage of the toilet training process.

Method of providing a series of disposable absorbent articles to consumers

A pant-like absorbent garment having side seams extending from a waist opening to each of two leg openings between a front side panel and a back side panel. The side seams are offset or folded to conceal the post-bonding edges and provide a finished or aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Aesthetically improved side panels for disposable garments and methods of making the same

An absorbent article (,) which includes a backsheet layer (,) having a pair of laterally opposed and longitudinally extending side margins (,). Each side margin has an outwardly concave, terminal side edge contour,located at appointed leg opening regions (,) in an intermediate portion (,) of the side margin. Each concave side edge contour (,) has a selected longitudinal extent along a length dimension (,) of the article (,). A liquid permeable topsheet layer (,) is connected in a superposed facing relation to the backsheet layer (,), and an absorbent body (,) is sandwiched between the topsheet layer (,) and the backsheet layer (,). A separately provided gusset-flap composite member (,) is connected to at least one of the backsheet and topsheet layers along each of the leg opening regions (,). The gusset-flap member (,) provides a leg gusset section (,) and a containment flap section (,), and is distinctively configured to provide improved leakage resistance, fit and comfort.

Absorbent article with more conformable elastics

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Kaukauna, WI, United States of America

Cynthia Louise Wyngaard