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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Mary Anne Bruemmer-Prestley, Appleton, WI (US);
Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Kaukauna, 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);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A refastenable disposable 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 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 outward edge. The front portion also has a first end and a second end. The back portion has first and second side edges and first and second ends. 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. Multiple elastic strands extend transversely across the first section from the first side edge to the second side edge. The second section has a length L measured perpendicularly from the second end to the line drawn parallel to the first end whereby a ratio L /L is established which ranges from between about 0.1 to about 2. The absorbent article further includes a liquid permeable liner secured to at least one of said front, back or crotch portions and an absorbent core positioned below the liner. Each of the outward 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.