Elastic strap fastening system with button fasteners
CA 2250082 A1 · Owner: Kimberly-Clark Corporation · Inventors: Fell, David Arthur; Leick, Marianne Keevill; Lemahieu, Lynn Kirkpatrick
Overview
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An absorbent article includes a fastening system having first and second buttons (50, 52) bonded to an elastic strap member (22) in respective first and second end regions. The straps (22) are adapted to attach to a garment and maintain the garment in place during use. Reinforcement members (54 56) are , provided within reinforcement zones surrounding the attachment locations near each of the buttons. The reinforcement members (54 56) locally stabilize the , strap member near the attachment locations to minimize or eliminate rolling and twisting of the sides of the strap members during use.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 8, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 8, 2017.
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