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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
David Fleger Bishop, Appleton, WI (US);
Brooke Ashley Berg, Neenah, WI (US);
Angela Ann Johnston, New London, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Neenah, WI (US);
Mary Alice Berceau, De Pere, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Richard Norris Dodge, II, Appleton, WI (US);
Adrienne Rae Loyd, Neenah, WI (US);
Connie May McMorrow, Menasha, WI (US);
Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI (US);
Katherine Carol Shaw, Sherwood, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC, Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.