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Elastic waist for disposable absorbent garment

CA 1282905 C · Owner: Kimberly-Clark Corporation · Inventors: Enloe, Kenneth M.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An improved disposable absorbent garment includes a covering sheet member having a waistband section at each longitudinal end thereof and an intermediate section interconnecting the waistband sections. An absorbent body is superposed in facing relation on the covering sheet member, and has a notch section formed into at least one terminal, longitudinal edge thereof. An elastomeric member is attached to at least one of the covering sheet member waistband sections adjacent to the absorbent body notch section for shirring the waistband of the garment.

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  • Granted April 16, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 16, 2008.
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FiledMarch 3, 1987
GrantedApril 16, 1991
Term endedApril 16, 2008
Patent numberCA 1282905 C
Classification (IPC)A61F13/56 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedMarch 3, 1987Patent grantedApril 16, 1991Term endedApril 16, 2008

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