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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Mary Anne Bruemmer-Prestley, Appleton, WI (US);
Nefetari Edris Bordain, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Russell Evan Thorson, Appleton, WI (US);
Keith Joseph Renard, Oshkosh, WI (US);
David Arthur Fell, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A refastenable absorbent article is disclosed having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion. The crotch portion connects the front portion to the back portion. The front portion has a first end, a second end, and a central section including first and second side edges. First and second lateral sections are releasably attached to the central section and each lateral section has an outer edge. The front portion also has a first end and a second end. The back portion has a first end, a second end and first and second side edges. The back portion is divided into a first section and a second section. The first section has a length L measured perpendicularly from the first end of the back portion to a line drawn parallel thereto. The second section also has a length L measured perpendicularly from the second end to the line drawn parallel to the first end. The second section has a first side edge and a second side edge and a first area A and a second area A . The first area A represents an area bounded by the first and second side edges, the second end and the line drawn parallel to the first end. The second area A represents an area bounded by the first and second lines, the second end and the line drawn parallel to the first end. The first and second lines are drawn perpendicular to the second end at points where the first and second side edges intersect the second end. The first and second lines intersecting the line drawn parallel to said first end, and said second section having a ratio A /A ranging from between about 1.3 to about 3.5. The absorbent article further includes an absorbent secured to at least one of the front, back or crotch portions. Each of the outer edges of the first and second lateral sections of the front portion are secured to one of the first and second side edges of the back portion to form a pant-like article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings.