Patent ID: 8162911

Claim:
A composite-folded article comprising a personal care article having a longitudinal-direction; a relatively shorter lateral cross-direction, a first end-section; a second end-section; and an intermediate-section which is interposed between said first end-section and said second end-section; said personal, care article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet layer, and a backsheet layer operatively connected to the topsheet layer; wherein the personal care article has been folded about a first, laterally extending supplemental-fold-line positioned along a portion of the first end-section which is proximally adjacent the intermediate-section of the personal care article, the first supplemental-fold-line operatively arranged to provide a folded-over first end-section which is positioned onto the intermediate-section; the personal care article has been folded about a second, laterally extending supplemental-fold-line positioned along a portion of the second end-section which is proximally adjacent the intermediate-section of the personal care article, the second supplemental-fold-line operatively arranged to provide a folded-over second end-section which is positioned onto the folded-over first end-section, thereby providing a preliminary-folded article; and the preliminary-folded article has been folded along a third, laterally extending, composite fold-line, thereby providing the composite-folded article; and the personal-care article further includes a garment-attachment mechanism operatively connected to a garment side of the backsheet layer.