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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
David James Van Eperen, Appleton, WI (US);
Steven James Langolf, Fon du Lac, WI (US);
Steven L. Schnasse, New London, WI (US);
Kent Allan Franklin, Appleton, WI (US);
David Michael Lehner, Appleton, WI (US);
Jesse Paul Sorenson, Little Chute, WI (US);
Rodney Steele Gardinier, Appleton, WI (US);
David Michael Clemens, Keller, TX (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of tucking a pair of refastenable side seams into a body portion of a pant-like garment in which the fold locations can be controlled and the likelihood of creases occurring in the fastening components is reduced or eliminated. The garment is positioned either on one vacuum conveyor or between an upper vacuum conveyor and a lower vacuum conveyor. Vacuum zones from the conveyors hold the garment in place. While the garment is held by the vacuum zones, the refastenable side seams are pushed between the front and back regions toward one another with the fastening components being placed in a flat configuration.