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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Carrie Nicole Pateras, Appleton, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Angela Rae Heck, Appleton, WI (US);
Karyn Clare Schroeder, Neenah, WI (US);
Carrie Nicole Pateras, Appleton, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Angela Rae Heck, Appleton, WI (US);
Karyn Clare Schroeder, Neenah, 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 (). At least a portion of the first end-section () has been folded along or otherwise includes a first end-fold-region () which is substantially convex along a topsheet-side of the article (). Additionally, the first end-fold-region () is substantially concave along a backsheet-side of the article. At least a portion of the second end-section () has been folded along or otherwise includes a second end-fold-region () which is substantially convex along the topsheet-side of the article ().