Patent ID: 6783487
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
In a process for manufacturing pant-type refastenable personal care articles, a respective such personal care article having a front portion, a rear portion, and a crotch portion, a fastener-receptive area at the front portion for receiving fasteners thereon, first and second fasteners on opposing sides of the fastener-receptive area, and first and second lines of weakness on opposing sides of the fastener-receptive area and between the fastener-receptive area and the respective first and second fasteners, for tearing first and second lateral sections of the front portion from a central section of the front portion, whereby the first and second fasteners are disposed on the respective first and second lateral sections, a method of changing from manufacture of such pant-type refastenable articles of a first size to manufacture of such pant-type refastenable articles of a second different size, the method comprising, in the manufacturing process, changing spacing between the fastener-receptive area and at least one of the first and second fasteners while maintaining the first and second lines of weakness between the fastener-receptive area and the respective first and second fasteners.