Leg and flap elastic composite for an absorbent article and method of manufacturing same

US8956493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Luis Alberto Tenorio · Menasha, US
• Jeffrey Alan DeBroux · Appleton, US
• David Kyle Stankewicz · Appleton, US
• Darin Allen Engelhart · Appleton, US
• James Richard Schermerhorn · Neenah, US
• Michael Donald Sperl · Schorndorf, DE
• Daniel Mark Duhm · Greenville, US
• Michael Lee Lohoff · Oshkosh, US
• Anita Marie-Nanette Gilgenbach · Neenah, US
• Kenneth James Quella · Appleton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1084
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a leg and flap elastics composite for use in an absorbent article includes joining a leg elastic member to a web moving in a machine direction. A flap elastic member is joined to the web and spaced from the leg elastic member. The web is fed to a chopper assembly wherein portions of the leg and flap elastic members are rendered less elastic at spaced-apart intervals to define deadened portions of the leg and flap elastic members.