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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Greenville, WI (US);
David Fleger Bishop, Appleton, WI (US);
David John Enz, Neenah, WI (US);
Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI (US);
Wendy Lynn VanDyke, Appleton, WI (US);
Alanna Nicole Haessler, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey Alan DeBroux, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article is provided that can include a fastening system configured to attach the rear waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article. The fastening system can comprise a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system, the secondary fastening system including at least one secondary first fastening component and at least one secondary second fastening component. A region of flexibility can be provided between adjacent components of the absorbent article between the at least one secondary first fastening component and the bodyside liner in an area under the at least one secondary first fastening component.