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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Neenah, WI (US);
Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins, Neenah, WI (US);
Sohyun Sara Park, Neenah, WI (US);
Christopher Peter Olson, Neenah, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article has a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent assembly positioned between the back sheet and the top sheet. The absorbent article includes a fluid intake layer positioned between the absorbent assembly and the top sheet. The fluid intake layer has a rearward-facing arch located in a back portion of the fluid intake layer. The fluid intake layer has an opening. The absorbent article includes a first lateral stiffener and a second lateral stiffener extending along a majority of the longitudinal side edges of the fluid intake layer. The absorbent article includes a first flexure, a second flexure, and a third flexure in a rear portion of the absorbent article.