Cassandra L Morris

US Patent:

6579275, Jun 17, 2003

Filed:

Sep 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/675544

Inventors:

Jennifer Elizabeth Pozniak - Appleton WI
Cassandra Elizabeth Morris - Charlottesville VA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

604390, 604389, 60438511, 60438505, 604391, 60438501, 6043853, 60438529, 60438525, 60438523

Abstract:

A pant-like, disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent chassis, a pair of opposed side panels, at least one releasable joint and at least one folded fastenery. The absorbent chassis defines a pair of laterally opposed side edges and a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges. The side panels extend between the side edges of the absorbent chassis to define a waist opening and a pair of leg openings in the pant-like disposable absorbent article. Each of the opposed side panels defines a first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in one waist region of the absorbent article to provide a permanent joint. At least one of the opposed side panels further defines a second side margin opposite the first side margin which is releasably attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in the other waist region of the absorbent article to provide a releasable joint. The folded fastener is located adjacent the releasable joint wherein the folded fastener is configured to be unfolded and used to refastenably engage the second side margin of the at least one side panel to the opposite waist region of the absorbent article after the releasable joint is released.

US Patent:

6972012, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Nov 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/706294

Inventors:

Jennifer Elizabeth Pozniak - Appleton WI, US
Timothy James Blenke - Neenah WI, US
Cassandra Elizabeth Morris - Charlottesville VA, US
Thomas Harold Roessler - Menasha WI, US
Jody Dorothy Suprise - Pine River WI, US
Robert Eugene Vogt - Neenah WI, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F013/15

US Classification:

604386, 604391

Abstract:

A pant-like, refastenable, disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent chassis, a pair of opposed side panels, a pair of releasable joints and a pair of proportional fasteners. The absorbent chassis defines a pair of laterally opposed side edges and a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges. The side panels extend between and connect the side edges of the absorbent chassis to define a waist opening and a pair of leg openings in the pant-like disposable absorbent article. Each of the opposed side panels defines a first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in one waist region of the absorbent article to provide a permanent joint. Each of the opposed side panels further defines a second side margin opposite the first side margin which is releasably attached to the side edges of the absorbent chassis in the other waist region of the absorbent article to provide the releasable joints. The proportional fasteners are located adjacent the releasable joints and are configured to be smaller in the longitudinal direction than the releasable joints. The fasteners are used to refastenably engage the second side margins of the side panels to the opposite waist region of the absorbent article.

US Patent:

7578812, Aug 25, 2009

Filed:

Dec 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/017894

Inventors:

Paul Joseph Datta - Appleton WI, US
Robert Eugene Vogt - Neenah WI, US
Thomas Walter Odorzynski - Green Bay WI, US
Cassandra Elizabeth Morris - Charlottesville VA, US
Jennifer Elizabeth Pozniak - Appleton WI, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 13/68
A61F 13/62

US Classification:

604391, 604394

Abstract:

Prefastened absorbent articles () may include a singular fastening mechanism that includes an oversized fastener (), to provide stability between the front waist region and the back waist region and to maintain the prefastened configuration. The prefastened absorbent articles can include a multiple property fastener () that has at least one engagement zone () and at least one non-abrasive zone ().

US Patent:

6508797, Jan 21, 2003

Filed:

Nov 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/706150

Inventors:

Jennifer Elizabeth Pozniak - Appleton WI
Timothy James Blenke - Neenah WI
Cassandra Elizabeth Morris - Charlottesville VA
Thomas Harold Roessler - Menasha WI
Jody Dorothy Suprise - Pine River WI
Robert Eugene Vogt - Neenah WI

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

60438511, 604386, 604389, 604391

Abstract:

A pant-like, disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent chassis, a pair of opposed side panels, at least one line of weakness and at least one fastener. The absorbent chassis defines a pair of laterally opposed side edges and a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges. The side panels extend between the side edges of the absorbent chassis to define a waist opening and a pair of leg openings in the pant-like disposable absorbent article. Each of the opposed side panels defines a first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in one waist region of the absorbent article to provide a front permanent joint. The opposed side panels further define a second side margin opposite the first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in the other waist region of the absorbent article to provide a back permanent joint. The fastener and the line of weakness are located in one of the side panels, with the line of weakness separating the fastener from one of the permanent joints. The fastener is configured to be released and used to refastenably engage the at least one side panel to the opposite waist region of the absorbent article after the line of weakness is broken.