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

US9956122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25References

17Claims

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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	Jan 7, 2015
Grant date	May 1, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1084
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a liner/composite web for use in an absorbent article includes joining a leg elastic member to a web moving in a machine direction and joining a flap elastic member to the web. The flap elastic member is spaced from the leg elastic member. The web is folded to form a leg and flap elastics composite including an outer side edge. The web is joined to a substrate to form the liner/composite web. The liner/composite web is joined to a web of material such that the outer side edge of the leg and flap elastics composite is coterminous with one of a pair of laterally opposing side edges of the web of material.

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