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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Fung-jou Chen, Appleton, WI (US);
Lisha Yu, Appleton, WI (US);
Nadezhda Efremova, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Fung-Jou Chen, Appleton, WI (US);
Lisha Yu, Appleton, WI (US);
Nadezhda Efremova, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A disposable absorbent article has a nanofabricated attachment means having adhesive hairs disposed on a substrate wherein the hairs are effective to adhesively engage an opposing surface having a polymeric film or a fibrous web. In another embodiment, the absorbent article has a gecko-like fastener including a substrate and a plurality of adhesive hairs arising from the substrate having a base section, midsection, and top section, a height of about 0.5 microns to about 8 millimeters, and a diameter greater than about 0.05 microns.