Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Teresa Marie Zander

Thomas J Kopacz

Garry Roland Woltman

Kristi Jo Bryant

Angela Rae Heck

William Grover Reeves

Adrienne Rae Loyd

Alan Edward Wright

Jennifer Elizabeth Pozniak

Richard Joseph Hantke

Theodore T Tower

Sheila Marie Heyrman

Debra Ann Haase

Kim Hoertsch

Jeffrey Dean Lindsay

Fung-jou Chen

Marcille Faye Ruman

Mary Lou McDaniel

Joseph DiPalma

Susan Marie Weyenberg

Yvette Lynn Hammonds

Julie Bednarz

Katherine Carol Wheeler

Margaret Gwyn Latimer

Marcus David Weiher

Shelley Rae Rasmussen

Mark George Everson

Annamaria Cesco-Cancian

James Joseph Clark, Jr

Carrie Nicole Pateras

Karyn Clare Schroeder

Scott Leslie Williams

Laura Jane Walker

Michelle May Sroda

Glory Alcantara

A visually-coordinated absorbent product includes an absorbent article component including a garment side outer cover and a body side liner, wherein the article component has at least a first and second visual characteristic, and wherein the first visual characteristic is different from the second visual characteristic. The absorbent product also includes a first packaging component including at least first and second visual characteristics, wherein first and second visual characteristics of the absorbent article are coordinated to the first and second visual characteristics of the packaging component, and wherein at least a portion of one of the garment side outer cover and the body side liner is configured with the article component first visual characteristic and at least a portion of one of the garment side outer cover and the body side liner is configured with the article component second visual characteristic.

Visually-coordinated absorbent product

A visually coordinated absorbent product includes a article component having a body side liner, a garment side outer cover and an absorbent core disposed between the body side liner and the garment side outer cover. The article component has at least a first and second visual characteristic, wherein the first visual characteristic is different than the second visual characteristic. The article component is disposed in a packaging component having at least the first and second visual characteristics. In one embodiment, the packaging component is an individual pouch sized and configured to hold a single, individual article component. In various embodiments, the visual characteristics can include color, embossment, printing, and/or side sealing.

Visually coordinated absorbent product

In the present invention, a packaging component having an outer surface and an interior volume contains within the interior volume a plurality of absorbent personal care articles. Each absorbent personal care article has a garment facing surface and a body facing surface. A portion of the plurality of the absorbent personal care articles in the packaging component are first absorbent articles having a first pattern embossed or printed on at least a portion of one of the surfaces. In addition, a portion of the plurality of the absorbent personal care articles in the packaging component are second absorbent articles having a second pattern is embossed or printed on at least a portion of one of the surfaces. In this aspect of the present invention, the first and second patterns are different from each other in at least one aspect. Further, a portion of the plurality of absorbent personal care articles may also contain additional absorbent articles which have yet another pattern embossed on one of the surfaces. In another aspect of the present invention there are more that two different embossing or printing patterns on the absorbent articles within the package. Generally, in the present invention every absorbent article within a given package may have a different pattern embossed or printed on the body facing surface or the garment facing surface of each of the absorbent articles. Also provided are wrapper components for absorbent articles having different patterns thereon.

Absorbent articles and/or packaging components each having different patterns in a single container

Embodiments of the invention provide method for producing an internally-tufted laminate adapted to provide improved softness and cloth-like feel. In one embodiment, a process for producing a polymeric layer comprises forcing polymeric fibers through a forming surface to produce the polymeric layer, the polymeric layer having a plurality of projections, each projection surrounded by a valley.

Methods for producing internally-tufted laminates

A personal care article () has a longitudinal-direction (), a relatively shorter, lateral cross-direction (), a first end-section (), a second end-section (), and an intermediate-section (). The article has been operatively connected in facing relation with a wrap member (), and the article has been folded about a first, laterally extending supplemental-fold-region (). The article and a corresponding section of the wrap member have been folded about a second, laterally extending supplemental-fold-region (). A preliminary-folded article () and a corresponding, preliminary-folded wrap member have been provided after the article has been folded about both the first and second supplemental-fold-regions. The preliminary-folded article and wrap member have also been folded along a laterally extending, composite-fold-region () of both the preliminary-folded article and wrap member, to provide a composite-folded, wrapped article ().

Compact-folded article with wrap layer

An absorbent feminine care article () having a longitudinal direction (), a lateral direction (), first and second longitudinally opposed end portions (), and an intermediate portion () located between the end portions. The article () comprises an absorbent body structure () sandwiched between a cover () and a baffle (). In a particular aspect, the absorbent structure () can include one or more distinctively configured embossment regions (), and the embossment regions can be distributed along the intermediate portion () of the article.

Nonlinear, undulating perimeter embossing in an absorbent article

The present invention discloses and claims a system and method for disguising a personal care product. The personal care product includes a pattern that matches a design on an undergarment so that the personal care product blends into the background of the undergarment. The method for disguising the personal care product includes creating a pattern to match the design on the undergarment and placing the pattern on the personal care product.

System and method for disguising personal care products

The present invention provides an internally-tufted laminate adapted to provide improved softness and cloth-like feel.

Internally tufted laminates

A dispensing aid is disclosed for facilitating removal of an individual product from a compressed package. The compressed package has multiple sides and contains a plurality of compressed products arranged in a row. Each of the products has first and second major surfaces. An opening is formed in the compressed package and is aligned perpendicular to the first major surface of at least one of the products. The opening is sized to allow the products to be individually withdrawn. A sheath is sized to contain one of the products to be withdrawn from the compressed package. The sheath to an adjacent sheath has an average coefficient of friction value which is lower than the average coefficient of friction value of a first product to an adjacent product. The sheath functions to reduce the force needed to remove the contained product from the compressed package.

Dispensing aid for facilitating removal of individual products from a compressed package

An article () comprises a deformation-control member which can include an extending medial section (), and a selected stiffened region (34). The stiffened region () can include a first array () of individual, stiffening elements (), and at least a second array () of individual, stiffening elements (). In particular features, each of the first and second arrays () of stiffening elements can have a convergently arranged nose-end (), and a relatively divergently arranged tail-end (). In another feature, the first and second arrays () of stiffening elements () can be configured to substantially avoid intersecting in the medial section (38) of the deformation-control member. In a further feature, the second array () of stiffening elements () can have a counter-positioned configuration relative to the first array () of stiffening elements ().

Embossed absorbent article

A composite absorbent article comprises a reusable frame member for shaping and leakage control onto which a single-use absorbent device can be detachably connected and repeatedly replaced without the need to replace the reusable frame member. A low-cost, high-performance composite absorbent article can thus be provided from low-cost single-use absorbent devices by virtue of the reusable frame member. A wicking barrier lining a central void or depression helps provide leakage containment for the overall composite absorbent article.

Center-fill absorbent article with reusable frame member

A substantially rectangular stack of folded wet wipes having an improved dispensability and a method of producing the same are described. The stack of folded wet wipes includes a plurality of wet wipes which are individually folded and arranged in a stacked configuration. Each wet wipe includes a leading end edge which is folded about a fold line. The location of the leading end edge of each wet wipe is selectively varied throughout the stack of wet wipes to provide a more stable stack of wet wipes which has a substantially planar top surface.

Stack of folder wet wipes having improved dispensability and a method of

Wipe

Stack of folded wet wipes having improved dispensability and a method of

Top surface of a paper product

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Bonduel, WI, United States of America

Teresa Marie Zander