Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Himanshi Arunkumar Patel

Patrick Robert Lord

Nickolas Paul Barnes

Bonnie Lynn VandenPlas

An absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region. The absorbent article also includes a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component. The absorbent article also includes a nonwoven shield coupled to the garment-facing surface of the outer cover and a hook material patch, wherein the hook material patch is disposed between the outer cover and the shield such that at least a portion of the plurality of hooks is accessible through an aperture, and such that at least a portion of the base layer edges is covered by the shield.

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Neenah, WI, United States of America

Himanshi Arunkumar Patel