Mechanical fastening tapes

US6406467B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rebecca Lyn Dilnik · Neenah, US
• Allen Todd Leak · Neenah, US
• Mark M. Mleziva · Appleton, US
• Michael A. Snyder · Waupaca, US
• Patrick Sean McNichols · Hortonville, US
• Scott Leslie Williams · Neenah, US
• Robert John Leveille · Appleton, US
• Scott Lee Pennings · Neenah, US
• Paul J. Serbiak · Appleton, US
• Bruce Siebers · Kimberly, US
• Robert Eugene Vogt · Neenah, US
• Georgia Lynn Zehner · Larsen, US
• Thomas David Ehlert · Neenah, US
• John G. Hein · Appleton, US
• Timothy Raymond Heindel · Neenah, US
• Tim Joseph Janssen · Kaukauna, US
• Kathleen Ann Peterson · Madison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2002
• Expiry date: May 16, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/23957
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.