Disposable absorbent articles having improved tape tab fasteners
CA 2245012 C · Owner: The Procter & Gamble Company · Inventors: Huber, Michael Thomas; Goulait, David Joseph Kenneth; Cabell, David William
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Reduced cost absorbent articles comprising improved tape tabs. A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a one-piece tape tab (40) joined to each of the ear flaps (30) of the absorbent article (20). At least a portion of the absorbent article adjacent the end of the tape tab (77) which is permanently joined to the ear flap is mechanically manipulated as to provide a release surface (79) for storing the fastening agent or material and thus, reduces the overall cost of manufacturing the absorbent article.
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- Filed January 24, 1997 and granted June 25, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 24, 2019.
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