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Absorbent Article with a Fastening System with Reduced Waste and Method of Manufacturing the Same:

U.S. Patent No. 11,554,054

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry, Rodman Media

Jason Gene Csida, Appleton, WI; Rebecca Suzanne Walter, Hortonville, WI; Patrick Robert Lord, Appleton, WI; Kyle Mark Barriger, Neenah, WI; and Eric-John Raoul Gilgenbach, Winneconne, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.

Filed: 6/5/20
Issued: 1/17/23

An absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly comprising an outer cover, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the bodyside liner; and a fastening system coupled to the absorbent assembly, the fastening system comprising a first rear ear including a first ear tab with a fastening component coupled to the first rear ear and a second rear ear including a second ear tab with a fastening component coupled to the second rear ear, the first rear ear comprising an outboard edge wherein the fastening component of the first ear tab is disposed wholly outboard of the first rear ear outboard edge and the second rear ear comprising an outboard edge wherein the fastening component of the second ear tab is disposed wholly outboard of the second rear ear outboard edge, wherein a majority of the fastening component of the first ear tab is above a latitudinal axis of the first rear ear and a majority of the fastening component of the second ear tab is below a latitudinal axis of the second rear ear, wherein the first ear tab is asymmetric with respect to a latitudinal axis of the first ear tab and the second ear tab is asymmetric with respect to a latitudinal axis of the second ear tab, and the latitudinal axis of the first ear tab is co-linear with the latitudinal axis of the first rear ear and the latitudinal axis of the second ear tab is co-linear with the latitudinal axis of the second rear ear, and wherein the combined first rear ear and first ear tab and the combined second rear ear and second ear tab are asymmetric about a longitudinal axis of the absorbent article.

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