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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1993
James Arthur Davis, Roswell, GA (US);
Karen Marie Arnold, Neenah, WI (US);
Mary Beth Eckhardt, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Rebecca Jean Kuepper, Appleton, WI (US);
Pamela Jean Mayberry, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Tod Morman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Walter Odorzynski, Green Bay, WI (US);
MaryAnn Zunker, Oshkosk, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A distinctive absorbent garment article generally delimits a front waistband section, a rear waistband section and an intermediate section which interconnects the front and rear waistband sections. The article has a substantially fluid-impermeable backsheet layer, a liquid permeable topsheet layer, positioned in facing relation with the backsheet layer, and an absorbent body located between the backsheet layer and topsheet layer. The absorbent body includes a distinctive humidity transfer region which is advantageously configured to exhibit relatively low moisture retention. A vapor permeable panel is connected to the backsheet layer at one or more waistband sections of the article, and is arranged in an overlying registry with the humidity transfer region of the absorbent body.