Product seal of dissimilar materials

US7473818B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Joseph Datta · Appleton, US
• Kristi Bryant · Appleton, US
• Timothy James Blenke · Neenah, US
• Stephen Carl Baumgartner · Neenah, US
• Julie A. Moser · Lawrenceburg, US
• Barbara Ann Gossen · Neenah, US
• Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cook · Neenah, US
• Mark George Everson · Neenah, US
• Peter S. Lortscher · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2009
• Expiry date: May 4, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/51429
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.