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U.S. Patent No. 10,085,893
December 7, 2018
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Andrew Long, Appleton, WI; and Julie Paveletzke, Neenah, WI. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI. Filed: 3/22/16 Issued: 10/2/18 An absorbent article having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side, the absorbent article comprising: a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent structure disposed between the outer cover and the bodyside liner; a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the back waist region, the front waist region having a front waist edge and the back waist region having a back waist edge, the front and back waist edges defining a waist opening of the absorbent article when the absorbent article is in a wear configuration, an elastomeric waist band extending around at least a portion of the waist opening adjacent the front and back waist edges, the elastomeric waist band comprising a front waist elastic member disposed in the front waist region adjacent the front waist edge and a back waist elastic member bonded to the front waist elastic member disposed in the back waist region adjacent the back waist edge; a pair of containment flaps on the body-facing side of the absorbent article, the pair of containment flaps configured to assume an upright position when the absorbent article is in the wear configuration for inhibiting the lateral flow of body exudates; and a pair of leg cuff members on the garment-facing side of the absorbent article, each of the leg cuff members defining a leg opening when the absorbent article is in the wear configuration by overlapping itself and extending about an entirety of the leg opening, and each of the leg cuff members operatively connected to the waist band such that movement of the waist band to increase the size of the waist opening results in movement of the leg cuff members to reduce the size of at least one of the leg openings.
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