Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Susan Marie Trefethren

Mary Lou McDaniel

Michael John Niemeyer

Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins

Katie Ann Boland

Susan Mary Oates

Emily Nicole Schmitz

Andrew Mark Long

John David Amundson

Carl Gerard Rippl

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke

Tim G Dollevoet

Maggie VanderHeiden Berger

Julie Ann Paveletzke

Russell Joseph Brumm

Christopher Martin Pieper

Cole William Poole

Christopher James Uecker

Craig M Thoms

Brian James Ludka

Chris P Olson

Bradley A Colvin

Sandra K Walker

Peter Laurence

Adam Suttner

A pant-like absorbent articles having handles on side panels of the article for ease of removal and donning of the absorbent garment is disclosed. The article includes a front waist region, a back waist region, and a chassis extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions attached by at least one side panel. Formed within the side panel is at least one handle. The handle includes an aperture formed through the side panel. The handle further includes a reinforcing material operatively joined to the at least one side panel adjacent distal side edges of the aperture.

Disposable article with reinforced handle

Feminine pad

Feminine pad package

A cleaning tool is disclosed for cleaning adjacent surfaces. In one embodiment, for instance, the cleaning tool may be used as a toilet bowl brush. The cleaning tool includes a handle comprised of a first handle member pivotally attached to a second handle member. Each handle member terminates in a clamping plate. The clamping plates move towards and away from each other as the handle members are likewise moved towards and away from each other. The handle can include a locking member that engages the first handle member with the second handle member in order to clamp or hold a cleaning pad in between the clamping plates. The clamping plates can include raised wave-like protrusions that further assist in gripping a cleaning pad.

Cleaning tool handle for use with a disposable toilet brush

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Susan Marie Trefethren