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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Paul J. Datta, Appleton, WI (US);
Kristi JO Bryant, Appleton, WI (US);
Timothy J. Blenke, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephen C. Baumgartner, Neenah, WI (US);
Julie A. Moser, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Barbara A. Gossen, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Catherine Marguerite Hancock-cook, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark G. Everson, Neenah, WI (US);
Peter S. Lortscher, Neenah, WI (US);
Paul J. Datta, Appleton, WI (US);
Kristi Jo Bryant, Appleton, WI (US);
Timothy J. Blenke, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephen C. Baumgartner, Neenah, WI (US);
Julie A. Moser, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Barbara A. Gossen, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cook, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark G. Everson, Neenah, WI (US);
Peter S. Lortscher, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.