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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Mark Steven Franke, Neenah, WI (US);
Heather Schenck Mortell, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Mark Steven Franke, Neenah, WI (US);
Heather Schenck Mortell, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A boxer-style pant and a method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region, and hanging legs. A web is provided. The web may be a single pant assembly, or a continuous web of multiple pant assemblies connected to one another. The web may be folded against a support structure. In certain embodiments, a multi-lane production system may be used wherein the web is folded against multiple support structures each parallel to a direction in which the web is conveyed, with each lane or machine direction array of pant assemblies folded against just one support structure. The web is cut to define leg openings, and contracted in selected areas along the web between the leg openings. Front and back regions are then joined together to form the side seams. An absorbent structure may be attached to the web.