Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Linda M Dorschner

Thomas Harold Roessler

Paul Joseph Datta

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke

Gary Lee Travis

Barbara Ann Gossen

David Andrae Justmann

Stephen Carl Baumgartner

Kristi Jo Schroeder

Michael Francis Drymalski

An absorbent article includes an absorbent core, a liner, and an outer cover. At least one of the liner and outer cover is stretchable. The surface area of the absorbent core is less than about 50% of the surface area of the article.

Ratio of absorbent area to outer peripheral area for disposable absorbent articles

A disposable absorbent article has an absorbent core having a surface area and a stretchable multilayer chassis having a surface area. The multilayer chassis is stretchable in at least the cross-machine direction. The stretchable multilayer chassis has at least a stretchable bodyside liner and stretchable outer cover such that the absorbent core is affixed to at least one layer of the stretchable multilayer chassis. The percentage ratio of the surface area of the absorbent core to the surface area of the stretchable multilayer chassis is less than about 50%.

Prefastened absorbent article

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Suamico, WI, United States of America

Linda M Dorschner