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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dean W Westphal, Appleton, WI (US);
David T Strohbeen, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41C / ; D06C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
223 28 ; 223 37 ; 223 40 ; 493313 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously folding and pleating a child's training pant or the like. The apparatus generally includes a plunger that is reciprocative through a tube member. The tube member has an interior surface defining an interior space and a pleating surface disposed on the interior surface. Upon the plunger member forcibly urging the training pant through the interior space, it is simultaneously folded by the interior surface and pleated by the pleating surfaces.