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U.S. Patent No. 10,070,999
November 2, 2018
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Michael J. Faulks, Neenhah, WI; David F. Bishop, Appleton, WI; Heather Ann Diffey, Gainesville, FL; Andrew T. Hammond, Appleton, WI; Scott S. C. Kirby, Wahroonga, Australia; Niall Finn, Lethbridge, Australia; and Andy R. Butler, Albert Park, Australia. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, WI. Filed: 10/30/13 Issued: 9/11/18 An absorbent article extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the article comprising: a fluid-entangled body facing material including a first major surface and a second major surface, the second major surface being opposite the first major surface; a liquid impermeable outer cover having a longitudinal extent and a lateral extent; and an absorbent body including a body facing surface, a garment facing surface, a first longitudinal side edge, and a second longitudinal side edge, the second longitudinal side edge being opposite the first longitudinal side edge, the fluid-entangled body facing material at least partially wrapping the absorbent body such that the fluid-entangled body facing material is positioned over at least a portion of the body facing surface of the absorbent body, extends around at least one of the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge of the absorbent body, and extends under at least a portion of the garment facing surface of the absorbent body and leaving at least a portion of the garment facing surface of the absorbent body uncovered by the fluid-entangled body facing material, wherein at least a portion of the fluid-entangled body facing material extending under the garment facing surface of the absorbent body contacts the body facing surface of the liquid impermeable outer cover, and wherein the lateral extent of the liquid impermeable outer cover is greater than a lateral extent of the fluid-entangled body facing material when the fluid-entangled body facing material is partially wrapped around the absorbent body such that portions of the liquid impermeable outer cover extend outboard of the fluid-entangled body facing material when the fluid-entangled body facing material is partially wrapped around the absorbent body.
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