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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Roger Boulanger, Sainte-Julie, CA;
Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing sanitary absorbent articles suitable for placement within a crotch portion of an undergarment of a wearer, the absorbent article having a main body and a flap projecting laterally from a respective longitudinal side of the main body, the first flap having to longitudinal sides, each longitudinal side projecting laterally outward from the first longitudinal side of said main body intermediate the transverse sides of said main body. The method includes the steps of providing a web of at least one layer of continuous material, severing from the web a first article and a second article arranged with respect to the other wherein when the second article is rotated with respect to the first article such that the first longitudinal side of the main body of each of the articles faces the first longitudinal side of the main body of the other of the articles and such that the first transverse side of each of the articles is aligned with the second transverse side of the other of the articles, an imaginary line generally parallel to, and located in-between the longitudinal center-lines of each of the main bodies of each of the articles simultaneously intersects the first flap of each of the articles.