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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Gary A. Avalon, Painesville, OH (US);
William G. Hartman, North Royalton, OH (US);
Michael D. Hilston, Painesville, OH (US);
Karen L. Spilizewski, Euclid, OH (US);
David L. Savage, Painesville, OH (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A fastening system for releasably securing a diaper provides both mechanical and adhesive or cohesive securement. Tab members comprise a facestock layer, a contact layer of adhesive or cohesive overlying at least a portion of the facestock layer, and mechanical fastening elements projecting from at least a portion of the contact layer. The facestock layer includes extensible and substantially nonextensible polymeric portions. A landing member includes complementary mechanical fastening elements and a contact surface or cohesive for engagement with the tab adhesive or cohesive. A method is also disclosed for making the fastening system.