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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Georgia Lynn Zehner, Larsen, WI (US);
Duane Girard Uitenbroek, Little Chute, WI (US);
John Philip Vukos, Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Georgia Lynn Zehner, Larsen, WI (US);
Duane Girard Uitenbroek, Little Chute, WI (US);
John Philip Vukos, Neenah, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-forming seal absorbent article is provided and includes a biaxially extensible outer cover, a biaxially extensible bodyside liner forming a wearer adjacent surface, a biaxially extensible absorbent core assembly interposed between the outer cover and the bodyside liner, and a pair of laterally-spaced apart and longitudinally-extending containment flap members disposed along the wearer adjacent surface of the bodyside liner.