Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Stephen Carl Baumgartner

Marcille Faye Ruman

Angela Ann Johnston

Connie May McMorrow

Katherine Carol Shaw

Joseph Daniel Coenen

Thomas Harold Roessler

Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt

Adrienne Rae Loyd

Paul Joseph Datta

David Fleger Bishop

Richard Norris Dodge, Ii

Stacy Elaine Evenson

Barbara Ann Gossen

Kevin Leon LaBerge

Mary Alice Berceau

Brooke Ann Robaidek

Peiguang Zhou

Timothy James Blenke

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke

Katherine Carol Wheeler

Gary Lee Travis

Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis

Kristi Jo Bryant

Varunesh Sharma

Gregory K Hall

Janis Wilson Hughes

David Andrae Justmann

Mark George Everson

Peter Shawn Lortscher

Brooke Ashley Berg

Julie Ann Moser

Kristi Jo Schroeder

Linda M Dorschner

Paula Katherine De Bruin

Gay Lynn Wolf

Michael Francis Drymalski

Nicole Minotti

Brooke Ashley Zimmer

Kevin Michael Jauquet

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cook

Richard Norris Dodge Ii

Gregory Hall

An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.

Disposable absorbent article with side lying leakage improvement

A permanently closed containment pant includes an elastically extensible chassis and a sling positioned within the chassis. The sling is joined to the front waist region and the back waist region. The sling includes a fluid-impervious base sheet and a containment flap joined with the base sheet to create a fluid-impervious pouch. The sling also includes a first transition and a second transition that are elastically extensible in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction. The base sheet is a fabric laminated with polyurethane and the containment flap is a fabric laminated with polyurethane. The polyurethane surface of the base sheet is ultrasonically joined in facing relationship with the polyurethane surface of the containment flap. The permanently closed containment pant is substantially devoid of an integrated absorbent core.

Containment pant

A method for providing a containment system includes providing a permanently closed containment pant and providing a discrete absorbent insert. The containment pant includes an elastically extensible chassis and a sling positioned within the chassis that includes a fluid-impervious pouch. The pouch has a first end section maximum width of at least 145 mm, a central section maximum width of less than 115 mm, and a second end section maximum width of at least 145 mm. The containment pant is substantially devoid of an integrated absorbent core. The absorbent insert includes an absorbent core with a first end section maximum width of at least 120 mm, a central section maximum width of less than 100 mm, and a second end section maximum width of at least 120 mm. The absorbent insert is devoid of a fluid-impervious layer.

Containment system

Absorbent articles having form fitting properties are disclosed. In particular, the absorbent articles include at least one waist elastic member that extends a substantial distance in the longitudinal direction. The waist elastic member, for instance, may be positioned in a front region of the article, in a back region of the article or in both the front and back regions. The waist elastic member includes a breathable elastic film. In order for the film to be breathable, the film includes apertures. The apertures appear on the film according to a particular pattern and having a particular diameter so that the film retains desired stretch properties.

Waist elastic members for use in absorbent articles

A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.

Product seal of dissimilar materials

Prefastened absorbent article

Growing community of inventors

Neenah, WI, United States of America

Stephen Carl Baumgartner