Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Mark Joseph VanGroll

Paul William Christoffel

Steven Charles Schapel

Jeffery Michael Tabor

Mark John Jung

Joel Curtis Krueger

Mark David Spiegelberg

Mark James VanRossum

Willard Frances Hawley, Jr

A folded absorbent article including a front portion, back portion, and an intermediate crotch portion. The front portion joins the back portion by first and second side seams forming a waist opening and leg openings. Each of the front and back portions includes a demarcation line positioned between first and second zones. Each of the front and back portions includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section is longitudinally folded over the second section providing a first side seam positioned laterally outboard of a longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article to form a first longitudinal fold line. The third section is folded over the first section providing the second side seam positioned laterally outboard of the longitudinal centerline to form a second longitudinal fold line. The first zone is transversely folded along the demarcation line over a portion of the crotch forming a folded absorbent article.

Folded absorbent article

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Kaukauna, WI, United States of America

Mark Joseph VanGroll