Process for making a garment with dual refastenable sides and butt seams
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRobert Lee Popp, Joseph D. Coenen, Jack L. Couillard, Christopher Peter Olson, David Arthur Kuen, Shawn A. Quereshi
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Abstract
A method of producing refastenable side seams in an absorbent garment results in an absorbent garment that is adapted to easy application and removal. The refastenable side seams can be produced in either a cross direction or a machine direction. Each of the refastenable side seams is a dual side seam that includes a standing butt seam formed between a front lap seam and a back lap seam. The resulting garment can be opened and closed on either a front side of the garment or a back side of the garment.
Claims12
A method of producing refastenable side seams in an absorbent garment, comprising the following sequence of steps:
- aligning a plurality of garment assemblies in a cross direction, each garment assembly including a chassis with two back side panels and two front side panels, wherein adjacent garment assemblies are joined between a back side panel and a front side panel;
- bonding a fastening component to each of the back side panels and each of the front side panels of each garment assembly;
- separating adjacent garment assemblies from one another by cutting between the joined back side panels and the joined front side panels;
- spacing apart adjacent garment assemblies, creating a gap between the fastening components of adjacent garment assemblies;
- applying a mating fastening component over each fastening component;
- folding the garment assemblies such that the mating fastening components on the front side panels are in contact with the mating fastening components on the back side panels;
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- bonding the mating fastening components on the front side panels to the mating fastening components on the back side panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.