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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph J. Sina, Appleton, WI (US);
Kathleen Irene Bennett, Neenah, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Thomas Harold Roessler, Menasha, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing absorbent articles comprises delivering a continuous web assembly including a backsheet material, a liquid permeable bodyside liner material, and an absorbent structure interposed between the backsheet material and the bodyside liner material, the web assembly having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side; attaching a discrete segment of first waist elastic material to the body-facing side of the web assembly; attaching a discrete segment of second waist elastic material to the garment-facing side of the web assembly such that the web assembly is interposed between the discrete segments of first and second waist elastic materials; and cutting the web assembly to form a plurality of absorbent articles.