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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2002
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);
Jesse Paul Sorenson, Little Chute, WI (US);
Jerome S. Veith, Menasha, 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);
Jesse Paul Sorenson, Little Chute, WI (US);
Jerome S. Veith, Menasha, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A refastenable absorbent garment comprises a body panel comprising a non-woven material, and preferably a non-woven spunbond material having a pattern of discrete bonded areas. The body panel has a non-elasticized area. A hook-type fastener member comprises a high-density array of hooks with a hook density of at least about 60 hooks per square centimeter. At least a portion of the array of hooks is engaged with the non-woven material at the non-elasticized area of the body panel. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, between about 5% and 25% of the non-woven spunbond material comprises the bonded area. In another preferred embodiment, the non-woven spunbond material has a basis weight of between about 0.3 osy and about 2.0 osy. A method for making the absorbent garment, and for securing the absorbent garment to a user, also are provided.