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Absorbent article

Granted 17 Apr 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

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Inventors: Michael Edward Deremo, Steven John McMorrow, Vickie Marie Thomack, Mark Henry Christman +1 · Examiner: Stella Reid · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
117214
filed 18 Jan 2000
Publication
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US D440656
granted 17 Apr 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of an…

FIG. 1 is a top view of an absorbent article.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the absorbent article shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a left-end view of the absorbent article shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a right-end view of the absorbent article shown in FIG. 1.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claim design.

The surfaces or portions of the article not shown in the drawings or described in the specification form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/125

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