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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
KueYoung You, Youngin-Si, KR;
Sarah A. O'Brien, Neenah, WI (US);
MinJae Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Seul Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jiyoung Haley Jung, Seongnam-si, KR;
DaeGun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Catherine M. Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Appleton, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article includes bond seams that are positioned forwardly towards the article central longitudinal direction from the lateral-most side edges of the article, and which are aligned with the highest point of high-rise leg openings on the article. The absorbent article is conformable on both front and back panels, with the front panel being narrower in dimension than the back panel. The bond seams and leg openings can be seen on the front surface of the relaxed and flattened absorbent article. Such absorbent article may be manufactured along the article transverse direction by use of differential tension during manufacture, or differential retractive properties of elastic base materials.