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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Mark LaFortune, Appleton, WI (US);
Lynn Kirkpatrick LeMahieu, Hortonville, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604391 ; 604392 ; 24306 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article includes a fastening system that is easy for the wearer to remove but during use is adapted to resist pop-offs caused by clothing being applied or removed over the absorbent article. The fastening system includes an interlocking fastening component with a backing substrate having a grasping section, a primary attachment section, and secondary attachment sections transversely outward from the grasping section. A plurality of upstanding engaging elements such as hooks are disposed exclusively in the primary and secondary attachment sections.