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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Wendy M. Takken, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Hue Scott Snowden, Canton, GA (US);
Adrienne R. Loyd, Neenah, WI (US);
Heidi B. Hopkins, Neenah, WI (US);
Ramona Zenkich, Appleton, WI (US);
Katie A. Boland, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A topsheet layer material for use on an absorbent article includes a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a depth direction and comprises a planar sheet. The topsheet layer material includes visually and spatially coordinated embossed channels and apertures. The embossed channels are curvilinear indentations configured along either the longitudinal, the transverse direction, or a combination of longitudinal and transverse directions. The apertures are positioned along the topsheet layer material laterally adjacent to the channels such that at least a portion of the apertures have an overall shape configuration that is substantially similar or the same as at least a portion of the shape of the embossed channel. Such coordinated aperture configuration may also be generally concentric with or generally parallel to the embossed channels.