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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
May. 15, 1995
Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Appleton, WI (US);
Allen Todd Leak, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark Michael Mleziva, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael A Snyder, Waupaca, WI (US);
Patrick Sean McNichols, Hortonville, WI (US);
Scott Leslie Williams, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert John Leveille, Appleton, WI (US);
Scott Lee Pennings, Neenah, WI (US);
Paul John Serbiak, Appleton, WI (US);
Bruce Michael Siebers, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert Eugene Vogt, Neenah, WI (US);
Georgia Lynn Zehner, Larsen, WI (US);
Thomas David Ehlert, Neenah, WI (US);
John Gerard Hein, Appleton, WI (US);
Timothy Raymond Heindel, Neenah, WI (US);
Tim Joseph Janssen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Kathleen Ann Peterson, Madison, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.