Absorbent article with visually and tactilely distinctive outer cover

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6140551
SERIAL NO

09067803

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An absorbent article, such as the shown diaper (10), has a front waistband portion (14), a back waistband portion (12) and an intermediate portion (16) interconnecting said front and back waistband portions. The article includes a backsheet member (30), a liquid permeable topsheet layer (28), and an absorbent body (32) sandwiched between the topsheet layer (28) and backsheet member (30). The backsheet member includes an air permeable, polymer sheet layer (96), and a first, outward nonwoven fibrous web (94) attached to or otherwise operatively joined with a major facing surface (78) of the polymer sheet layer (96) at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds (98). The outward nonwoven web (94) includes a plurality of fibers having substantially unbonded lengths which extend substantially continuously between at least an adjacent pair of the bonds, and the substantially unbonded fiber lengths are arched away from an outward surface of the thermal bonds by arch heights (60) which provides a distinctive embossing element depth value. In addition, the fibers of the outward nonwoven web can have a selected denier, and the outward nonwoven web (94) can have a selected basis weight.

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  • KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eby, Thomas Allan Greenville, WI 5 287
Heyn, David Willis Neenah, WI 5 471
Leak, Allen Todd Neenah, WI 8 777
McManus, Jeffrey Lawrence Canton, GA 18 726
Moster, Steven Walter Atlanta, GA 1 131
Niemeyer, Jean Feyen Appleton, WI 1 131
Peterson, Dale Arthur Neenah, WI 5 521
Schleinz, Alan Francis Appleton, WI 9 645
Shaw, Gordon Allen Greenville, WI 11 603
Sperl, Michael Donald Greenville, WI 23 428
Sudduth, Gregory Todd Cumming, GA 12 507
Zoromski, Paula Kay Appleton, WI 5 236

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