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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Marcille F. Ruman, Neenah, WI (US);
Lindsay C. Shelley, Appleton, WI (US);
Kathleen I. Ratliff, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Marcille F. Ruman, Neenah, WI (US);
Lindsay C. Shelley, Appleton, WI (US);
Kathleen I. Ratliff, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of securing an absorbent article in a fastened configuration for personal wear includes forming an absorbent article to have a body. A mechanical fastening system is positioned on the body. The mechanical fastening system has a loop component and a hook component. The loop component is an elastomeric laminate formed by securing an elastomeric loop material to an elastomeric substrate. The hook component is fastenably engageable with the loop material of the loop component. The laminate is stretched which includes stretching both the loop material and the substrate. The hook component and the loop component are engaged whereby the hook component fastenably engages the loop material of the loop component. The stretched laminate is allowed to retract which includes retraction of the loop material and retraction of the substrate.