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US 9,161,865 B2Granted
Absorbent article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJulie Ann Paveletzke, John Timothy Hahn
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Abstract
An absorbent article having improved handling of body exudates. The absorbent article can have a pair of leg opening adjustment mechanisms which a user of the absorbent article can independently adjust to provide a desired tension and/or closure of the absorbent article about the legs of the wearer of the absorbent article.
Claims19
An absorbent article comprising:
- a. a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction;
- b. a pair of longitudinal side edges;
- c. a body facing liner;
- d. a backsheet comprising a body facing surface and a garment facing surface;
- e. a pair of leg opening adjustment mechanisms positioned on the body facing surface of the backsheet and each leg opening adjustment mechanism comprising:
- i. a cover comprising two longitudinal direction edges and two lateral direction edges;
- and
- ii. an adjustment member comprising a bonded end and an unbonded end;
- f. a pair of leg elastic members;
- and
- g. an absorbent body positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a. a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction;
- b. a pair of longitudinal side edges;
- c. a body facing liner;
- d. a backsheet comprising a body facing surface and a garment facing surface;
- e. a pair of leg opening adjustment mechanisms positioned on the garment facing surface of the backsheet and each leg opening adjustment mechanism comprising:
- i. a cover comprising two longitudinal direction edges and two lateral direction edges, both of the longitudinal direction edges and at least one of the lateral direction edges of the cover being bonded to the garment facing surface of the backsheet to create a pocket between the cover and the garment facing surface of the backsheet;
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- ii. an adjustment member comprising a bonded end and an unbonded end, the adjustment member being positioned within the pocket;
- f. a pair of leg elastic members;
- and
- g. an absorbent body positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.