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(43) Date of publication: 14.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/37 (21) Application number: 03814590.0 (22) Date of filing: 08.09.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47L 13/16, A47L 17/08, D04H 13/00, B32B 5/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/028240 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/060130 (22.07.2004 Gazette 2004/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 17.12.2002 US 321277 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, WI 54956 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHEN, Fung-Jou Appleton, WI 54915 (US) LINDSAY, Jeffrey, D. Appleton, WI 54915 (US) BEDNARZ, Julie Neenah, WI 54956 (US) ZHOU, Peiguang Appleton, WI 54915 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co. 179 Queen Victoria Street GB-London EC4V 4EL GB-London EC4V 4EL (GB)