Method for positioning garment side panels

US6821370B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Charles Robert Tomsovic · Omro, US
• Kurt G. Krupka · Hortonville, US
• David Albert Maxton · Menasha, US
• Robert Lee Popp · Hortonville, US
• Michael Protheroe · Neenah, US
• Timothy A. Thorson · Appleton, US
• Brian R. Vogt · Oshkosh, US
• Michael Wanner · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Thomas E. Williamson · Appleton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1734
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for positioning side panels during manufacture of a pant includes positioning the side panels within fluid flow devices. The side panels can move parallel or perpendicular to a pant transport plane as the pant is transported in the machine direction and the side panels reside within the fluid flow devices. The side panels can include refastenable fastening components. The method and apparatus can move the fastening components closer together in the cross-machine direction while the side panels reside within the fluid flow devices.