US 12,213,867 B2
Absorbent article with partially enclosed waist containment member and method of manufacturing thereof
Nickolas Barnes, Menasha, WI (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,494.
Application 16/193,680 is a division of application No. 15/507,811, granted, now 10,159,610, issued on Dec. 25, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2015/038271, filed on Jun. 29, 2015.
Application 18/500,494 is a continuation of application No. 16/193,680, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,839,532.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058181 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/53 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15585 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15723 (2013.01); A61F 13/15747 (2013.01); A61F 13/15804 (2013.01); A61F 13/49001 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/4942 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 13/49466 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530481 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, the absorbent article including a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the method comprising:
moving a chassis including a body facing surface in a machine direction, the chassis comprising an absorbent assembly including a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, the absorbent assembly including a body facing surface;
moving a continuous web of waist containment member material in the machine direction;
folding at least a first portion of the continuous web of waist containment member material upon itself to provide a folded edge;
cutting the continuous web of waist containment member material to provide a waist containment member including a proximal portion, an intermediate portion, a distal portion, a first longitudinal side edge, a second longitudinal side edge, an upper lateral edge, and a lower lateral edge, the intermediate portion being disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion;
bonding the proximal portion of the waist containment member to the body facing surface of the chassis;
bonding the distal portion of the waist containment member to the body facing surface of the chassis to provide a first lateral tack-down region near the first longitudinal side edge of the waist containment member and a second lateral tack-down region near the second longitudinal side edge of the waist containment member,
wherein the intermediate portion comprises a number of layers of material greater than a number of layers of material of the proximal portion such that the intermediate portion is thicker than the proximal portion.