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U.S. Patent No. 10,709,615
August 6, 2020
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
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: 3/28/14 Issued: 7/14/20 A method of manufacturing an absorbent article with a fastening system with reduced waste, the 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, the method comprising: cutting a first web of ear tab material to provide a first discrete ear tab, the first discrete ear tab being cut in such a manner that the first discrete ear tab is registered; cutting a second web of ear tab material to provide a second discrete ear tab, the second discrete ear tab being cut in such a manner that the second discrete ear tab is registered; coupling the first discrete ear tab to a web of ear panel material at a first longitudinal location proximate a first edge of the ear panel material; coupling the second discrete ear tab to the web of ear panel material at a second longitudinal location proximate a second edge of the ear panel material, wherein the first longitudinal location is different from the second longitudinal location; cutting the web of ear panel material to provide a first ear panel and a second ear panel, wherein the first discrete ear tab is coupled to the first ear panel to form a first ear and the second discrete ear tab is coupled to the second ear panel to form a second ear; coupling the first ear and the second ear to the absorbent assembly to form at least a portion of the fastening system for the absorbent article, wherein a majority of the first ear tab is disposed above a latitudinal axis of the first ear, the latitudinal axis of the first ear being determined when the first ear is coupled to the absorbent article, and wherein a majority of the second ear tab is disposed below a latitudinal axis of the second ear, the latitudinal axis of the second ear being determined when the second ear is coupled to the absorbent article.
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