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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Kathleen Irene Ratliff, Neenah, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Henry Louis Carbone, Ii, Appleton, WI (US);
Matthew Lee Koele, Chilton, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Kathleen Irene Ratliff, Neenah, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Henry Louis Carbone, II, Appleton, WI (US);
Matthew Lee Koele, Chilton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent pant garment including a pair of front and back side panels on opposite transverse sides of the garment, with a refastenable seam formed between the front and back side panels including a fastening component on the front side panel and a mating fastening component on the back side panel, with elasticity in the front and/or back side panel. Each of the front and back side panels includes a waist and a leg end edge, with a portion of the waist end edge and a portion of the leg end edge substantially parallel to one another adjacent a distal edge for a distance greater than a transverse width of the fastening component or mating fastening component bonded thereto. These parallel portions of the side panel edges space the fastening and mating fastening components away from major stress points of the garment, thereby reducing the likelihood of fastener pop-opens.