Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Robert John Leveille

Robert Eugene Vogt

Thomas David Ehlert

Patrick Sean McNichols

Georgia Lynn Zehner

Paul John Serbiak

Bruce Michael Siebers

John Gerard Hein

Rebecca Lyn Dilnik

Michael A Snyder

Timothy Raymond Heindel

Tim Joseph Janssen

Allen Todd Leak

Scott Lee Pennings

Kathleen Ann Peterson

Scott Leslie Williams

Mark Michael Mleziva

James Alvin Boldra

Darin Allen Engelhart

A method and apparatus for bonding and aperturing one or more fibrous webs including bonding at least one fibrous web in a bonding nip created by a rotatable bonding roll and a rotatable anvil roll and aperturing the at least one fibrous web in an aperturing nip created by a rotatable aperture roll and an anvil roll. The bonding roll has a plurality of protuberances extending from the peripheral bonding surface that define a bonding pattern and result in highly bonded regions within the fibrous web. The aperture roll has a plurality of projections extending from the peripheral aperture surface that define an aperturing pattern. The aperturing pattern substantially aligns with the bonding pattern thereby creating apertures within the highly bonded regions.

Multi-roll bonding and aperturing

Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Mechanical fastening tapes and method for their construction

Mechanical fastening tapes

Method for construction of mechanical fastening tapes

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Robert John Leveille