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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:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Cindy L. Price, Appleton, WI (US);
Suzanne M. Schmoker, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Lori S. Schutkoske, Butte des Morts, WI (US);
Paul T. Van Gompel, Hortonville, WI (US);
Paul W. Christoffel, Appleton, WI (US);
Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Mary Anne Bruemmer-prestley, Appleton, WI (US);
Cindy L. Price, Appleton, WI (US);
Suzanne M. Schmoker, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Lori S. Schutkoske, Butte des Morts, WI (US);
Paul T. Van Gompel, Hortonville, WI (US);
Paul W. Christoffel, Appleton, WI (US);
Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Mary Anne Bruemmer-Prestley, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A refastenable absorbent garment comprises a front body panel comprising a pair of side portions defining opposite side edges and a landing portion extending between said side portions, wherein the landing portion and each of the side portions are separated by a line of weakness. A rear body panel comprises opposite side edges that are joined to the opposite side edges of the front body panel to form a side seam. A hook-type fastener member comprises a carrier member secured to the side portions of the front body panel in front of the side seam and a plurality of hooks extending from the carrier member, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of hooks are engaged with the landing portion. A method for making the absorbent garment, and for securing the absorbent garment to a user, also are provided. In another aspect, an absorbent garment comprises a body panel having a length and a fastening member comprising at least two engagement portions releasably engaging the body panel. Each of the engagement portions having an engagement length, wherein the sum of the engagement lengths is at least about 20% of the body panel length. In one preferred embodiment, the fastening member comprises a carrier member having a length, which is preferably at least about 50% of the length of a seam between a front and rear body panel, and which is preferably at least about 50% of the length of the rear body panel.