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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Michael J. Faulks, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Michael D. Sperl, Waupaca, WI (US);
Nancy Meetz, Appleton, WI (US);
Sandra M. Rogers, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael J. Faulks, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Michael D. Sperl, Waupaca, WI (US);
Nancy Meetz, Appleton, WI (US);
Sandra M. Rogers, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article includes a central absorbent assembly having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region interconnecting the front and back waist regions. Front side panels extend outward from the front waist region and back side panels extend outward from the back waist region. The article includes a pair of tabs. Each tab has an attachment region attached to one of the front side panels and the back side panels, and a tab region extending transversely outward from the attachment region and being releasably attachable to the other one of the front side panels and the back side panels. The one of the front side panels and the back side panels to which the attachment region of the tab is attached has a first stiffness and at least a portion of the tab region has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness.