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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Justin M. Mueller, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Blake A. Hondl, Neenah, WI (US);
William J. Meyer, Appleton, WI (US);
Brian K. Rhodes, Winneconne, WI (US);
Sarah A. Kleuskens, Neenah, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an absorbent article includes feeding a first web of material in a machine direction, feeding a second web of material in the machine direction, the second web being spaced from the first web by a gap, attaching an absorbent assembly to the first web and the second web such that the absorbent assembly spans the gap between the first and second webs, forming a partial cut line through the second web, folding the first web into face-to-face relationship with the second web after forming the partial cut line, and cutting the first and second webs after folding the first web into face-to-face relationship with the second web to separate the absorbent article from the first and second webs. The partial cut line defines at least one finger tab on the absorbent article.