Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Matthew Randall Jones

James R Niedt

Kirk Jon Dempsey

Robert W Scholl

David John Enz

Kyle Mark Barriger

Patrick Robert Lord

Kroy Donald Johnson

Robert Michael Hill, Jr

Daniel J Grassl

Absorbent articles having curved elasticized laminates and apparatuses and methods for forming such articles are disclosed. In one embodiment a method of forming an article may comprise moving absorbent assemblies and elasticized laminates in the machine direction. The method may further comprise oscillating the elasticized laminates in the cross-machine direction to impart a curvature, bonding the elasticized laminates to the absorbent assemblies while maintaining the imparted curvature such that at least a portion of the elasticized laminates are disposed outboard of longitudinal side edges of the absorbent assemblies, and finally separating the absorbent assemblies into individual absorbent articles, where the elasticized laminates extend in a curving manner throughout the absorbent articles.

Absorbent articles with curved elasticized laminates

Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may be constructed with a secondary liner sheet placed on top of a body facing liner of the articles configured to form a pocket. The pocket provides a barrier, thereby separating a front region of the absorbent articles from a rear region. In this manner, the absorbent articles of the present disclosure may reduce the spread of bodily exudates throughout the articles. The reduced spreading of exudates may help to keep skin healthy by reducing the amount of skin exposed to the skin irritants within the exudates and/or by preventing additional skin irritants from being created by preventing the mixing of BM and urine, at least in proximity to the skin of the wearer.

Absorbent article with pocket dividing front and rear regions

An absorbent article () can include a waist elastic member (). In one embodiment, the waist elastic member () can include a first longitudinal zone (), a second longitudinal zone (), and a middle longitudinal zone (). The first longitudinal zone () can include a first elastic member () disposed between two layers of material, the second longitudinal zone () can include a second elastic member () disposed between two layers of material, and the middle longitudinal zone () can include less layers of materials than each of the first longitudinal zone () and the second longitudinal zone ().

Absorbent article with partial laminate waist elastic member

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Matthew Randall Jones