Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Lindsay C Shelley

Marcille Faye Ruman

Kathleen Irene Ratliff

Wing-Chak Ng

Joy Francine Jordan

Eric Scott Kepner

Renette E Richard

Christian Lee Sanders

Jared Lockwood Martin

Thomas William Brock

Thomas Brock

A method of securing an absorbent article in a fastened configuration for personal wear includes forming an absorbent article to have a body. A mechanical fastening system is positioned on the body. The mechanical fastening system has a loop component and a hook component. The loop component is an elastomeric laminate formed by securing an elastomeric loop material to an elastomeric substrate. The hook component is fastenably engageable with the loop material of the loop component. The laminate is stretched which includes stretching both the loop material and the substrate. The hook component and the loop component are engaged whereby the hook component fastenably engages the loop material of the loop component. The stretched laminate is allowed to retract which includes retraction of the loop material and retraction of the substrate.

Absorbent article with improved fastening system and method of fastening thereof

A method of producing a laminate material includes the steps of providing a first flexible sheet material; providing a second flexible sheet material having a first surface and a second surface, and also having a first width of 1&#xd7;; stretching the second flexible sheet material in a cross-machine direction to a second width of between about 1.2&#xd7; and 3&#xd7; when in a flattened state; necking the second flexible sheet material to produce an accordion shape, thereby reducing the second width of the sheet material to a third width, less than the width of the first width, such that the third width is between 0.65&#xd7; to 0.975&#xd7; when in an accordion shape; applying adhesive to the first surface of the second flexible sheet material with a slot coat adhesive process; and joining the first flexible sheet material to the first surface of the second flexible sheet material.

Extensible and stretch laminates with comparably low cross-machine direction tension and methods of making same

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Lindsay C Shelley