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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Joseph D. Coenen, Neenah, WI (US);
Jack L. Couillard, Menasha, WI (US);
Christopher Peter Olson, Neenah, WI (US);
David Arthur Kuen, Neenah, WI (US);
Shawn A. Quereshi, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A pant-like absorbent garment adapted to easy application and removal has refastenable side seams. The refastenable side seams extend from a waist opening to each of two leg openings between a front panel and a back panel. Each of the refastenable side seams includes a fastening component and a mating fastening component, each of which comprises either a hook material or a loop material. A portion of the mating fastening component can be die-cut in a sinusoidal or other nesting shape. The resulting refastenable seams can be lap seams, dual fastened lap seams, standing butt seams, or dual fastened standing butt seams.