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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
Carrie Nicole Pateras, Appleton, WI (US);
Angela Rae Heck, Appleton, WI (US);
Karyn Clare Schroeder, Neenah, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
Carrie Nicole Pateras, Appleton, WI (US);
Angela Rae Heck, Appleton, WI (US);
Karyn Clare Schroeder, Neenah, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A personal care article () has a longitudinal-direction (), a relatively shorter, lateral cross-direction (), a first end-section (), a second end-section (), and an intermediate-section () which is contiguous with and interposed between the first end-section () and the second end-section (). The article includes a liquid permeable topsheet layer (), and a backsheet layer () which is operatively connected to the topsheet layer (). The article has been folded about a first, supplemental-fold-region () and a second, supplemental-fold-region () to provide a preliminary-folded article (). The preliminary-folded article has been operatively enclosed in a wrap member (), and the preliminary-folded article and wrap member have been folded along a composite-fold-region () to provide a composite-folded, wrapped-article (). The wrap member has included a wrap retainer mechanism () which has been configured to operatively hold the composite-folded, article and wrap member in their composite-folded condition.