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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Heather Schenck Mortell, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Heather Schenck Mortell, Neenah, 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 and hanging legs. Expandable material is used to provide a conforming fit and to expedite high-speed manufacture. The pant is made from a web and includes a garment shell having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region positioned between the front and back regions. The side seams connect the front region to the back region. The garment shell may be essentially composed of an expandable material that is selectively expanded in certain areas of the garment, and/or an expandable material may be attached to the garment shell in the crotch region and/or in the back region.