Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Troy Leonard Tipton

Gregory John Rajala

Brandon S May

Edwin L Cutright

Robert Lee Popp

Michael John Faulks

Michael Donald Sperl

Sandra Marie Rogers

Nancy Meetz

Thomas Bohlmann

Karl V Fredrick

An absorbent article is provided for personal wear about a wearer's waist. The article includes a pair of front side panels attached to the front waist region and a pair of back side panels attached to the back waist region, and is configurable from a wear configuration to a disposal configuration in which the article is generally compacted for disposal. The article also includes a disposal tab having an attachment region with an attachment width and a tab region with a gripping width, the attachment region attached to one of the front or back side panels, the tab region being attachable to the article in at least the disposal configuration of the article, wherein the attachment width is substantially equal to the gripping width.

Disposable absorbent article with disposal tab

Method of and apparatus for applying withdrawal strings to tampon pledgets wherein string is pneumatically looped around a pledget, the ends of the loop are knotted, and the knotted loop is driven through a hole in the pledget.

Method of applying string to tampon pledgets

Apparatus for applying string to tampon pledgets

Growing community of inventors

Neenah, WI, United States of America

Troy Leonard Tipton