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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth M Enloe, Neenah, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6043 / ; 6043 / ;
Abstract
An improved disposable absorbent garment includes a covering sheet member having a waistband section at each longitudinal end thereof and an intermediate section interconnecting the waistband sections. An absorbent body is superposed in facing relation on the covering sheet member, and has a notch section formed into at least one terminal, longitudinal edge thereof. An elastomeric member is attached to at least one of the covering sheet member waistband sections adjacent to the absorbent body notch section for shirring the waistband of the garment.