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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Michael John Faulks, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Walter Odorzynski, Green Bay, WI (US);
Paul John Serbiak, Appleton, WI (US);
Alan Francis Schleinz, Appleton, WI (US);
Daniel Robert Schlinz, Greenville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article includes an absorbent core located between a bodyside liner and an outer cover. A leg cuff is mounted to a base structure of the absorbent article in the crotch portion thereof. The leg cuffs are partially stretched when attached to respective longitudinal side portions near the crotch portion of the absorbent article. An outboard edge of the leg cuffs is generally unattached to the base structure of the absorbent article and can be stretched beyond the length of that portion of the base structure along which the leg cuffs are mounted. The leg cuffs may be mounted at an angle of between 5 and 25 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis. The leg cuffs extend outwardly toward the rear portion of the absorbent article and inwardly in the front portion when mounted at an angle.