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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Paul William Christoffel, Appleton, WI (US);
Joel Curtis Krueger, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Mark John Jung, Menasha, WI (US);
Willard Frances Hawley, Jr., Seymour, WI (US);
Steven Charles Schapel, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark David Spiegelberg, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffery Michael Tabor, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark Joseph VanGroll, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Mark James VanRossum, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A folded absorbent article including a front portion, back portion, and an intermediate crotch portion. The front portion joins the back portion by first and second side seams forming a waist opening and leg openings. Each of the front and back portions includes a demarcation line positioned between first and second zones. Each of the front and back portions includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section is longitudinally folded over the second section providing a first side seam positioned laterally outboard of a longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article to form a first longitudinal fold line. The third section is folded over the first section providing the second side seam positioned laterally outboard of the longitudinal centerline to form a second longitudinal fold line. The first zone is transversely folded along the demarcation line over a portion of the crotch forming a folded absorbent article.