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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI (US);
David F. Bishop, Appleton, WI (US);
David J. Enz, Neenah, WI (US);
Alanna Haessler, Appleton, WI (US);
Catherine Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Greenville, WI (US);
Thomas H. Roessler, Menasha, WI (US);
Wendy Lynn VanDyke, Appleton, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A folded absorbent article is provided. The folded absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly having a liquid permeable inner layer, an outer layer, and an absorbent body between the inner and outer layers. The folded absorbent article further includes a pair of ears extending outward from absorbent assembly in the back waist region, with each ear including a loop fastening component, and a pair of spaced-apart hook fastening components on the outer layer in the front waist region. A pair of longitudinally extending foldlines are also provided in the front waist region. An outboard-most longitudinal edge of each of the hook fastening components is spaced apart from a respective side of the absorbent assembly, and an inboard-most longitudinal edge is spaced apart from a respective longitudinally extending foldline at least a distance equal to a predetermined process range.