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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Christina Marie Rhein, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Daniel Lee Ellingson, Singapore, SG;
Connie May Mcmorrow, Menasha, WI (US);
John Timothy Hahn, Merrill, WI (US);
Christina Marie Rhein, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Daniel Lee Ellingson, Singapore, SG;
Connie May McMorrow, Menasha, WI (US);
John Timothy Hahn, Merrill, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A waistband structure for an absorbent article is disclosed. The waistband structure extending across at least one of the front and back waist regions and is composed of a filler material and a waistband material positioned over the filler material. The waistband structure may be bonded to at least one of the front and back waist regions via a bond pattern. The bond pattern may vary position in the longitudinal direction and have at least one peak and one valley across the respective waist region. Typically, a distance between the peak and the valley in the bond pattern is between 5 and 100 mm. The bond pattern results in a z-directional height of the waistband structure varying on the respective waist region.