Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Sherry Ann Van Dyke

David William Koenig

Christopher Peter Olson

Marcille Faye Ruman

Mark Michael Mleziva

Shirlee Ann Weber

David Arthur Kuen

Jesse Paul Sorenson

Devertt DeWayne Woolwine

Cynthia Helen Nordness

Robin Kurt Nason

Todd Christopher Larson

Jerome James Workman, Jr

Faith Eileen Cochrane

Angela Rae Eder

Cynthia Louise Wyngaard

Thomas Mathias Kolb

Daryl Steven Meyer

A method of concurrently providing a series of types of pant-like garments and corresponding information to consumers. The series includes two or more pant-like garments, each of the garments corresponding to a stage of toilet training. Each of the garments in the series may differ from one another in terms of absorbent capacity, size, and/or features. The information provided to the consumer helps the consumer discern which garment from the series is most appropriate for a child in a specific stage of the toilet training process.

Method of providing a series of disposable absorbent articles to consumers

A disposable absorbent article for personal wear has an inner layer, an outer layer and an absorbent body disposed therebetween. Containment flaps are secured to the inner layer of the article, with each flap having a first layer extending outward from the inner layer of the article to a distal end of the flap. A generally liquid permeable second layer of the flap extends in opposed relation with a medial surface of the flap first layer of the flap and is free from fixed engagement therewith along at least a portion thereof whereby the flap second layer and the portion of the medial surface of the flap first layer define a surge chamber therebetween for receiving liquid body waste. The inner layer of the disposable article is interposed between the surge chamber and the absorbent body.

Containment flaps for absorbent article

A quantitative method of evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage using a mechanical test mannequin, a water tank, a fluorescent bowel movement simulant, and a fluorescence meter. More particularly, a swimwear garment is applied to the mannequin, the fluorescent bowel movement simulant is inserted into the swimwear garment, the mannequin and the swimwear garment are submersed into water within the water tank, and a motion mechanism attached to the mannequin moves the mannequin up and down, thereby simulating typical water play movements. The fluorescence meter can be used to quantitatively determine the amount of leakage of the fluorescent bowel movement simulant from the swimwear garment.

Method and apparatus for evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage

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Neenah, WI, United States of America

Sherry Ann Van Dyke