Absorbent article with improved elastic margins and containment system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5904675
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08950105

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An absorbent article has a longitudinal length dimension, a lateral cross dimension, a front waistband portion, a back waistband portion and an intermediate portion which interconnects the front and back waistband portions. The article includes a backsheet layer having a pair of laterally opposed side margins, with each side margin having an outwardly concave, terminal side edge contour located at appointed leg opening regions in an intermediate portion of each of the side margins. Each concave side edge contour has a selected longitudinal extent along the length dimension of the article. A liquid permeable topsheet layer is connected in superposed relation to the backsheet layer, and an absorbent body is sandwiched between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer. A separate, elasticized and gathered leg gusset is connected to the article along each of the appointed leg opening regions, and each leg gusset is configured to extend beyond and to bridge between opposed, spaced-apart portions of an associated one of the concave side edge contours of the backsheet layer.

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KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC2001 MARATHON AVENUE CATHERINE WOLF NEENAH WI 54956

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brud, Lynn Carol Appleton, WI 3 462
Gossen, Barbara Ann Oshkosh, WI 11 915
Johnson, Eric Donald Larsen, WI 27 1099
Laux, Daniel Richard Appleton, WI 2 434
Nordness, Cynthia Helen Oshkosh, WI 7 744
Proxmire, Deborah Lynn Larsen, WI 3 539
Robinson, Mark Louis Appleton, WI 10 1276
Sosalla, Paula Mary Appleton, WI 13 1003
Stevens, Robert Alan Appleton, WI 4 526

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