Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Lloyd Carl Hietpas

Charles Robert Tomsovic

Michael Lee Lohoff

Brian Robert Vogt

Jason Gene Csida

Robert Lee Popp

Joseph Daniel Coenen

David Arthur Kuen

David Albert Maxton

EunJung B Kang

HyungByum Kim

Jeremy S LeMere

Glory Framary Ceman

DooHong Kim

Gerald P Van Oursouw

Kenneth S Simington

An absorbent article for preventing leakage is presented and includes an absorbent assembly having an absorbent assembly perimeter and a leakage warning element disposed adjacent a portion of the perimeter, wherein the leakage warning element is adapted to provide a physical sensation indicating a fullness level of the absorbent assembly, and wherein the physical sensation includes an electrical impulse. Also presented is an absorbent article for providing a wearer with a warning of potential leakage, the article including an absorbent assembly and a leakage warning element disposed adjacent the absorbent assembly, wherein the leakage warning element is adapted to impart a physical sensation to the wearer, and wherein the physical sensation includes an electrical impulse.

Absorbent article featuring leakage warning

A panel of a material is transported in operative proximity to an air knife having a nozzle and a curved Coanda surface, such that the panel is folded over the curved Coanda surface as the material is transported in a machine direction. The panel can be folded to a variety of angles and can comprise a refastenable fastening component. Air knives are employed in various methods for folding garment side panels and forming prefastened garments, such as refastenable pants.

Presentation and bonding of garment side panels

Cloud embossed surface pattern for an absorbent article

A panel positioning system can be used to position side panels during manufacture of a pant. As a pant is transported in a machine direction, the panel positioning system moves a pant side panel in a direction generally perpendicular to the machine direction. The panel positioning system can comprise a drive mechanism, a positioning mechanism operatively connected to the drive mechanism, and a head connected to the positioning mechanism. The drive mechanism and the positioning mechanism can cause the head to move in an orbital profile and contact the side panel. The orbital profile can lie in a plane generally perpendicular to a pant transport plane or in a plane oblique to a pant transport plane.

Orbital motion device for seaming garments

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Kimberly, WI, United States of America

Lloyd Carl Hietpas