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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Davis Dang Hoang Nhan, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark M. Mleziva, Appleton, WI (US);
Lawrence H. Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Peiguang Zhou, Appleton, WI (US);
Davis Dang Hoang Nhan, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark M. Mleziva, Appleton, WI (US);
Lawrence H. Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Peiguang Zhou, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article having a stretchable substrate and an absorbent composite comprising a layer of adhesive composition in contact with the stretchable substrate. A layer of particulate superabsorbent material is applied to and held by the adhesive composition. The absorbent composite is secured to the substrate by the adhesive composition. The stretchable substrate has a recovery in at least one of the lateral direction and the longitudinal directions of the article as determined by an Elongation and Recovery Test, and the absorbent article has a recovery in the at least one of the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction as determined by the Elongation and Recovery Test that is at least about 60 percent of the recovery of the substrate in the at least one of the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction.