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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Thomas Harold Roessler, Menasha, WI (US);
Paul Joseph Datta, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark George Everson, Neenah, WI (US);
Yung Hsiang Huang, Appleton, WI (US);
Gary Lee Travis, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Duane Girard Uitenbroek, Little Chute, WI (US);
Paul Theodore VanGompel, Hortonville, WI (US);
Michael Tod Morman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A disposable absorbent article is provided which includes a substantially liquid-impermeable outer cover, a liquid permeable bodyside liner, an absorbent body located between the outer cover and the bodyside liner, and a pair of leg elastics located on the laterally opposed side edges of the article in at least the intermediate section of the article. The outer cover can be configured to provide a substantially permanent deformation of at least about 10 percent when subjected to a tensile force of 100 gmf per inch (per 2.54 cm) of width according to the Material Elongation and Deformation Tensile Test set forth herein. The permanent deformation of the outer cover in use can result in the article having a substantially permanent leg elastic deformation value of at least about 3 percent when subjected to the Product Deformation Test set forth herein.