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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Gay Lynn Wolf, Neenah, WI (US);
Leila Joy Roberson, Kimberly, WI (US);
Patsy Ann Benedict, Omro, WI (US);
Brooke Ann Robaidek, Menash, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of making a folded absorbent article includes the steps of: providing an absorbent structure; providing a liquid-impermeable back sheet having a body-facing surface and a substrate-facing surface; joining the absorbent structure in facing relation to the body-facing surface of the back sheet to define an absorbent article; applying adhesive to the substrate-facing surface of the back sheet to define a first adhesive zone and a second adhesive zone; treating portions of the substrate-facing surface of the back sheet to define a first treated zone and a second treated zone; folding the absorbent article to align the first adhesive zone in facing relation with the first treated zone; and folding the absorbent article to align the second adhesive zone in facing relation with the second treated zone.