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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
David John Enz, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Greenville, WI (US);
David Fleger Bishop, Appleton, WI (US);
Wendy Lynn VanDyke, Appleton, WI (US);
Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI (US);
Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an absorbent article including a fastening system having a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method can include providing an absorbent assembly, providing a web of primary second fastening component material, and providing a carrier web including a secondary first fastening component material. The method can further include coupling the carrier web to the web of primary second fastening component material to form a composite web, cutting the composite web to form a discrete composite web component, and coupling the discrete composite web component to the outer cover of the absorbent assembly, with the discrete composite web component forming the primary second fastening component of the primary fastening system and the at least one secondary first fastening component of the secondary fastening system.