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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Hortonville, WI (US);
Yung Hsiang Huang, Appleton, WI (US);
Georgia Lynn Zehner, Larsen, WI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Hortonville, WI (US);
Yung Hsiang Huang, Appleton, WI (US);
Georgia Lynn Zehner, Larsen, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A personal care article includes a resiliently stretchable outer cover and a first and second substantially non-stretchable grasping panels attached to the article. The outer cover is resiliently stretchable in at least the cross-direction to conform to the body of a wearer. The absorbent structure is secured to the outer cover by extendible attachment elements.