Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604385101 | With means to direct body fluid | 55 |
20080221545 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article is provided with a pair of liquid-barrier sheets on a body-side surface of the article. A dimension by which distal edges of distal zones of the barrier sheets are spaced from each other in a transverse direction is gradually enlarged from a rear end toward a front end of the article. An end sheet functioning to pull the distal zones closer to each other in the transverse direction is attached to the distal zones extending toward the rear end so as to extend between the distal zones. | 09-11-2008 |
20080255533 | Disposable absorbent article with fluid redistribution layer - A disposable absorbent article having an absorbent core and a fluid redistribution layer disposed on top of the absorbent core, wherein the fluid redistribution layer has a channel which redistributes fluid mainly along the absorbent core. The absorbent core can be disposed between a top sheet and a back sheet of the absorbent article, and the fluid redistribution layer can be disposed between the absorbent core and the top sheet, with the channel having one or more openings on the side next to the top sheet. | 10-16-2008 |
20090005752 | Absorbent Article - It is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent article capable of separating urine and feces efficiently in use and having high urine absorption capacity. The object is attained by an absorbent article including: a first leak preventer in sheet form having a base part; a pair of side members extending in a longitudinal direction on right and left sides of the base part of the first leak preventer; an absorber comprised of at least one layer in an inner space formed by the base part of the first leak preventer and the side members, containing a super absorbent polymer, and capable of absorbing a body fluid; and a bridging member bonded to the pair of side members for bridging the side members, dividing the inner space into front and rear parts, capable of exhibiting a function of separating urine and feces, in which the bridging member is formed to be stretchable in a lateral direction. | 01-01-2009 |
20090082749 | Thong-style sanitary pad and disposable thong for supporting same - An improved sanitary pad is adapted for use in a thong-style pair of underwear. One embodiment includes a disposable pair of thong-style underwear which have a thong-style sanitary pad built in to the underwear's saddle. To absorb and retain the anticipated menstrual flow volume and at the anticipated flow rate, the pad contains a double layer of absorbent material in a waisted, water impervious flexible channel within the pad. The waisting of the channel is sized to accommodate the narrow lateral width of the thong saddle. The upright substantially flat or otherwise smooth sides of the channel guide flow entering a capture zone of the pad saddle away from the capture zone to longitudinally outer reservoir zones formed in the front and rear of the pad. In one embodiment flexible guides, which may be longitudinal rails of a flexible water-impervious substance or material, run longitudinally or substantially parallel to the sides of the channel, spaced inwardly therefrom, to assist in guiding or urging flow in and below the capture zone longitudinally towards the reservoir zones. | 03-26-2009 |
20090088719 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING INTEGRAL STRETCH PANELS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Absorbent articles suitable for use as training pants or other hygiene products are provided. The absorbent articles include a chassis having a contiguous front section, a rear section, and a crotch section extending between the front section and the rear section. Edges of the front section connect to edges of the rear section to define a waist opening. The chassis includes a substrate layer having pairs of film sections attached to the front section and the rear section. Each film section is spaced apart from one another and are stretchable in at least a direction along the waist opening. Products according to the invention may provide any of several benefits, including at least one of improved fit, comfort, manufacturability, and visual appearance. | 04-02-2009 |
20090112175 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDING AN ABSORBENT LAYER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED BEAM ELEMENTS - The present invention generally relates to absorbent sanitary napkins and in particular to a sanitary napkin including an absorbent layer having a plurality of spaced beam elements for promoting enhanced fluid wicking within the sanitary napkin. | 04-30-2009 |
20100100069 | ABSORBENT PRODUCT - In an absorbent product ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100106127 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece above a liquid-pervious topsheet. The skin-contactable sheet piece is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet and both lateral zones of the sheet piece on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction B are provided with elastic members attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece as viewed in the transverse direction B, leak-barriers are provided and the lateral zones of the skin-contactable sheet piece are bonded to the leak-barriers along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114055 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece above a liquid-pervious topsheet. The skin-contactable sheet piece is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet and both lateral zones of the sheet piece on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction B are provided with elastic members attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece as viewed in the transverse direction B, leak-barriers are provided and the lateral zones of the skin-contactable sheet piece are bonded to the leak-barriers along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers. | 05-06-2010 |
20100262113 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In an absorbent article, a liquid-absorbent chassis is provided on the inner surface facing the wearer's skin, with a barrier sheet which is, in turn, formed with front and rear passage openings. A sheet region of the barrier sheet defined between barrier sheet elastic members and side edges is provided with tucks serving as means to prevent the sheet region from sagging toward the front and rear passage openings. These tucks are formed by folding back the sheet in the sheet region onto itself. These tucks extend in a longitudinal direction in regions of opposite lateral portions including convex segments of the barrier sheet elastic members extending therein. | 10-14-2010 |
20100305542 | Diaper or Diaper Like Undergarment and Separation Device for Undergarments - An improved undergarment and a separation device for use with undergarments that are worn by persons afflicted with dual incontinence to separate urine and feces that collect in the undergarment. In one embodiment, the undergarment is provided with the separation device at or near the middle area of the inner layer of the undergarment to divide the inner layer into a front section and a back section. The separation device has a center divider that prevents migration and mixing of urine and feces. The upper surface of the center divider interconnects the undergarment and the wearer's body. The separation device can include a pair of wing members extending outward from the center divider that are configured to bend downward for positioning and to flex out against the wearer's legs to assist in holding the center divider in place. The separation device can also be utilized to retrofit existing undergarments. | 12-02-2010 |
20110054434 | DISPOSABLE PANTS-TYPE DIAPER - A disposable pants-type diaper includes an innermost sheet lying between a liquid-pervious inner sheet covering a bodily fluid-absorbent core and diaper wearer's skin and attached to the inner sheet to form a body waste retaining space. The innermost sheet is formed with a front opening allowing the passage of urine into the body waste retaining space and a rear opening allowing the passage of feces into the body waste retaining space. A portion of the innermost sheet extending between the front opening and the rear opening droops down and a lower end thereof to form a separator. | 03-03-2011 |
20110092944 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable sheet, a liquid-impermeable sheet, and an absorber sandwiched between the liquid-permeable sheet and the liquid-impermeable sheet. The absorber includes an absorbing layer center part and an absorbing part formed in the periphery of the absorbing layer center part. On the skin-contact surface side of the absorbent article, compressed grooves are provided along at least widthwise right and left side edges to surround the absorbing layer center part, and have an intermittent portion in the vicinity of the longitudinal centerline. On the skin-non-contact surface side of the absorber, a space part being nearly convex toward the skin-contact surface side and formed between the absorber and the liquid-impermeable sheet, is present in the side part of at least a part of compressed groove out of the compressed grooves provided along widthwise right and left side edges. | 04-21-2011 |
20110118691 | TOP SHEET FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE EMPLOYING THE SAME - The top sheet for an absorbent article has a plurality of fused compressed sections, wherein the fused compressed sections are located on the lowermost side in the thickness direction of the top sheet, and the back side of the top sheet has recesses or low density regions having the lowest density within the top sheet, surrounding the fused compressed sections. The top sheet for an absorbent article having a plurality of fused compressed sections can be produced by a process wherein a top sheet is situated between a member with multiple protrusions and a member with multiple recesses that engage with the multiple protrusions, and the protrusions are pressed into the recesses. | 05-19-2011 |
20110178491 | Absorbent Article - An absorbent article, especially an incontinence pad, having a length and a width extension, the length being greater than the width, and having absorbent core material, wherein the outer longitudinal edges of the absorbent material form three convex lobes ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110178492 | PROTECTIVE UNDERGARMENT INCLUDING A SLING WITH A POCKET-END CUFF - A protective undergarment, such as a diaper, includes a sling that is suspended from an outer shell. The sling forms a pocket in which a reusable or disposable absorbent pad can be positioned. The sling has an S-pocket or overlapping pocket at the front end and a cuff at the rear end. The cuff forms a slimmer outer profile than the S-pocket or overlapping pocket and is used only in the rear where leakage is not as significant as at the front. The S-pocket or overlapping pocket and the cuff are both suspended from bumper strips that extend from the waistband. Rectangular hook and loop fasteners and extension members allow a diaper to fit wearers of different waist size. | 07-21-2011 |
20110184370 | TRANSFER LAYER FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A film particularly suited for use as a transfer layer in an absorbent article has a plurality of capillaries and a plurality of drains, said capillaries comprising side walls depending from a female side of the film and terminating in an aperture on a male side of the film; said drains comprising side walls that depending from the female side of the film and terminating in an aperture on the male side of the film, wherein the drains are disposed at an obtuse angle relative to a base plane of the film. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184371 | Bodily Fluid Containment Structure and Wearing Article Having the Same - A bodily fluid containment structure has an inner sheet and an outer sheet which are formed with through-hole extending through the sheets. The inner and outer sheets are bonded to each other along outer peripheral edges thereof to form an envelope. The inner sheet is formed with an opening. On both sides of this opening as viewed in a longitudinal direction Y, the containment structure further includes front and rear containment regions adapted to contain bodily fluids. The opening is aligned with the through-hole extending through the inner sheet and the outer sheet. The peripheral edge of the opening is bonded to the outer sheet by first bonding means. A bonded region is formed between the inner and outer sheets and includes a plurality of bonded line segments which define first channels. | 07-28-2011 |
20120035578 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The present invention provides an absorbent article adapted to prevent body waste from leaking beyond leakage-barrier cuffs and thereby to restrict leakage of body waste from the article. A chassis | 02-09-2012 |
20120116344 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A leakage-preventing unit | 05-10-2012 |
20120143163 | Absorbent Article Configured for Controlled Deformation - The present disclosure provides an absorbent article including an absorbent core and at least one barrier structure having a fluid shrinkable string attached thereto, wherein insult of the fluid shrinkable string by the user causes deformation of the peripheral edge of the barrier structure in the z-direction forming a leakage barrier between the user and the peripheral edge of the barrier structure. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143164 | Disposable hygiene article, surgical covering item, or surgical garment - A disposable hygiene article ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120265162 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - In an absorptive article, fitting performance is improved by following the shape and movement of a body, and wrinkles in a blood discharge opening corresponding portion are eliminated and wearing comfort is improved by separating movement of each part from each other so that the blood discharge opening corresponding portion is not affected. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271267 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An absorbent article includes a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids. The absorbent article includes a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis. The absorbent article includes a second securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion. The chassis is configured to include one of a first chassis length or a second chassis length. When the chassis includes the first length, the chassis includes a first width and the first securement portion includes a second width, and when the chassis includes the second length, the chassis includes the first width and the first securement portion includes a third width, greater than the second width. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271268 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A compressed portion is formed in the absorbent article by compressing the absorber through a compression process. The compressed portion has a top-surface groove formed on the skin-contact-surface side, and a back-surface groove formed on the clothing-contact-surface side. A bottom portion of the top-surface groove is flat. Since the recessed portions are formed in the bottom portion of the back-surface groove through the compression process, a compression part where the density of the absorber is increased more than in an uncompressed portion and high compression parts where the density of the absorber is increased more than in the compression part are formed in the bottom portion. Thus, the absorbent article can be permeate into by a thick liquid, and is more likely to absorb liquid. | 10-25-2012 |
20120323207 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article | 12-20-2012 |
20130046267 | Diaper - This disclosure relates to an improved diaper. In one embodiment, a diaper can comprise a ring layer having an adhesive on a top portion of said ring layer. The diaper can also comprise a surface layer comprising an orifice connecting to said orifice is surrounded by said ring layer. Furthermore, the diaper can comprise an outer impermeable barrier connecting to said surface layer and extend from a top portion to a back portion of said diaper, and an absorbent layer between said surface layer and said outer impermeable barrier. | 02-21-2013 |
20130231628 | Absorbent Article with Recessed Body Conforming Structure - An absorbent article includes a body side liner, a back sheet, an absorbent body positioned between the body side liner and the back sheet, and a distribution layer positioned between the absorbent body and the back sheet. The absorbent body defines a first opening having an opening length that is at least 50% the absorbent body length. The first opening has a median anterior portion width that is greater than a median central portion width that is greater than a median posterior portion width. The first opening includes a well, a channel, and a taper. The well transitions into the channel via a first convex transition and a concave transition. The channel transitions into the taper via a second convex transition. | 09-05-2013 |
20130267926 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - To provide an absorbent article that can further reduce leakage of body fluid from an end portion in a longitudinal direction. An elongated shaped absorbent article includes: a top sheet that has a skin contacting surface; a back sheet; and an absorbent core that is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, in which a compressed groove is formed on the skin contacting surface; the skin contacting surface has an excretory contact region, a front region, and a rear region; the compressed groove has a pair of first central grooves and a first circular groove that is provided in at least any one of the front region and the rear region; and the first circular groove is arranged at a position overlapping a vertical center line. | 10-10-2013 |
20140031783 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article includes a central curving unit that allows the absorber to curve in the inner direction in a convex shape is formed in the center of the absorber, a pair of first curving units along the front-back direction that allow the absorber to curve in the outer direction in a convex shape is formed outboard of the central curving unit of the absorber, a pair of second curving units along the front-back direction that allow the absorber to curve in the inner direction in a convex shape is formed outboard of the first curving unit of the absorber, and a front end of the central curving unit is positioned posteriorly of a front end of a second curving unit. | 01-30-2014 |
20140163511 | Absorbent Articles with Channels - The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising a core wrap enclosing an absorbent material. The core wrap comprises a first material and a second material. The first material forms a C-wrap at least partially around the second material. The absorbent material comprises at least 80% of superabsorbent polymers by weight of the absorbent material. The absorbent core comprises a channel substantially free of the superabsorbent polymers and at least partially oriented in a longitudinal direction of the article. The channel has an arcuate portion facing a longitudinal axis of the article. An angle between a tangent line of the arcuate portion and the longitudinal axis is greater than or equal to 20 degrees. | 06-12-2014 |
20140171898 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING RAISED BARRIERS - An absorbent article comprising a raised barrier is provided. The raised barrier extends into a front waist region, a crotch region, and a back waist region of the absorbent article. | 06-19-2014 |
20150032073 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An objective of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article with which, both when dry, prior to absorbing blood, and when wet, after absorbing blood, is provided with a fit in a wearer's excretory orifice, especially the labia minora, and which is not prone to leaking. Provided is an absorbent article, including a liquid-permeable top sheet, a non liquid-permeable back sheet, and an absorbent body between the liquid-permeable top sheet and the non liquid-permeable back sheet. The absorbent article further comprises a center high part which protrudes in the thickness direction of the absorbent article in an excretory orifice contact region. The center high part further includes a portion of the top sheet, and a cushion part which is positioned between the top sheet and the absorbent body. The center high part further includes a central part, and an outer circumference part which surrounds the central part. The density of the cushion part in the outer circumference part is greater than the density of the cushion part in the central part. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032074 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An object of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent article without a sticky feel on the top sheet and with a smooth top sheet, not only when a large amount of menstrual blood has been absorbed, but even when a small amount of menstrual blood has been absorbed. The absorbent article of the present disclosure is as follows. An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet and an absorbent body between the liquid-permeable top sheet and liquid-impermeable back sheet, wherein the liquid-permeable top sheet comprises a blood slipping agent having a kinematic viscosity of 0.01 to 80 mm | 01-29-2015 |
20150065984 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Provided is an absorbent article capable of suppressing leakage in the widthwise direction from an absorbent article ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150065985 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The objective of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent article ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150065986 | Process For Producing Absorbent Core Structures - The present invention is method for forming a sandwich structure having a pattern of particulate material enveloped between a carrier material and a cover material. The method allows accurate forming of pre-determined pattern at high production speed. Such a method is particularly useful in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, such as baby diapers. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073375 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING AN INTERIOR DESIGN SIGNAL - Disposable absorbent article comprising an interior design signal indicating absorbency and an absorbent core including first and second absorbent layers, the first absorbent layer including a first substrate and the second absorbent layer including a second substrate, the first and second absorbent layers further including absorbent particulate polymer material deposited on the first and second substrates and thermoplastic material covering the absorbent particulate polymer material on the respective first and second substrates, the first and second absorbent layers combined together such that at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the second absorbent layer, the absorbent particulate polymer material is disposed between the first and second substrates in an absorbent particulate polymer material area, and the absorbent particulate polymer material is substantially continuously distributed across the absorbent particulate polymer material area. | 03-12-2015 |
20150080837 | Absorbent Articles With Channels And Signals - Absorbent articles herein may provide a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a printed adhesive layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The absorbent core may comprise channels, and the adhesive print layer may be visible through the topsheet. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080838 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Provided is an absorbent article that can prevent pulp fibers and a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) that constitute an absorbent body from leaking from openings, evening if a top sheet does not cover the side wall portions of the absorbent body at the openings. An absorbent article ( | 03-19-2015 |
20150080839 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH CHANNELS AND SIGNALS - An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core comprising channels disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a printed adhesive layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core such that the printed adhesive layer is visible through the topsheet. At least a portion of the adhesive layer forms a pattern of one or more pairs of contoured lines that run lengthwise in the machine direction of the absorbent article, each pair being symmetric to its compliment across an axis of the absorbent article drawn in the machine direction and at the center of its width. The distance between the innermost pair of contoured lines is from about 15 mm to about 25 mm or the amount of adhesive comprising the printed adhesive layer is such that the pattern coverage with the adhesive is from about 15% to about 30%. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094683 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The objective of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent article that enables the rapid transfer of menstrual blood to an absorbent body, is not susceptible to the spread of menstrual blood above a top sheet, and is not susceptible to causing feelings of stickiness on the top sheet. The absorbent article of the present disclosure has the following structure. An absorbent article ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150119842 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - An absorptive article configured so that wrinkles in the absorptive article occurring when the absorptive article is worn by a wearer are reduced. This absorptive article is configured in such a manner that a surface sheet and a highly absorptive polymer sheet are joined together, a pair of wing sections respectively have ends in the longitudinal direction, longitudinal edges of the highly absorptive polymer sheet are located on the outside longitudinally of wing section action lines connecting the ends located side by side in the width direction, and the wing section action lines are located at the same positions as, or on the outside longitudinally of, folding positions at which the absorptive article is folded twice in the longitudinal direction in order to individually package the absorptive article. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119843 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An absorbent article has an absorber disposed between a permeable front surface sheet and a rear surface sheet of a non-woven fabric; wherein the front surface sheet is provided with ridged convex portions continuing in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article at a specified interval in the width direction of the absorbent article, and provided with dot-like concave embossments at the right side adjacent position and the left side adjacent position alternately at an interval in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article on the both sides of each of the convex portions, and the concave embossments are arranged in a zigzag pattern as a whole. The convex portion is an inclined surface having a relatively steep gradient on one side and a relatively gentle gradient on the other side, and the cross-sectional shape of the convex portion is an asymmetrical shape. | 04-30-2015 |
20150313766 | Absorbent Article with a Multi-Layered Topsheet - An absorbent article ( | 11-05-2015 |
20150313771 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEMBER - An absorbent article, the absorbent article being a personal hygiene article, includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, an absorbent core enclosed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a fluid flow control member arranged between the top sheet and the backsheet. The fluid flow control member is a spacer fabric having a basis weight of 150-300 gsm and including a top layer, a bottom layer and an interconnecting layer of pile filaments between the top layer and the bottom layer. The pile filaments have a fineness of 80-130 dtex and the density of pile filament connections is 50-150/cm | 11-05-2015 |
20150351953 | Urine Collection Assembly - A urine collection assembly for collecting a urine sample from an infant wherein the urine is prevented from being spilled. The assembly includes a garment that may be worn about an infant's genital area. A reservoir is coupled to the garment. The reservoir may collect the urine from the infant. The reservoir is penetrable by a syringe. The urine is drawn into the syringe without spilling the urine from the reservoir. | 12-10-2015 |
20150366722 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - On a wearer's body contact surface of a sanitary napkin, an emboss is provided in such a pattern that a plurality of straight portions and arc-shaped portions which protrude outwardly in the direction of the width of the napkin, with the ends of the straight portions being base points, are alternately arranged. A plurality of arc-shaped portions are arranged, and thus the resistance to a leg pressure from the outside in the width direction is increased, with the result that the absorber is unlikely to be wrinkled and leakage caused by the wrinkle is unlikely to occur. The flow of a body fluid diffused from the center in the width direction toward the outside in the longitudinal direction of the napkin along the straight portion is produced, and thus the diffusion in the width direction is reduced, with the result that side leakage is unlikely to occur. | 12-24-2015 |
20160051420 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH PULPLESS RIFFLED CORE - Disposable absorbent articles comprising absorbent cores are presented. In one embodiment, an absorbent core may comprise a riffled substrate comprising a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, a flat substrate coupled to the riffled substrate, and superabsorbent polymer disposed between the riffled substrate and the flat substrate, wherein the footprint of the riffled substrate is substantially the same as the footprint of the flat substrate, and wherein the surface area of the riffled substrate is greater than the surface area of the flat substrate. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058630 | Absorbent Articles with Channels and/or Pockets - The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a front waist edge, a rear waist edge longitudinally opposing the front waist edge, and a longitudinal axis extending from a midpoint of the front waist edge to a midpoint of the rear waist edge. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises a channel substantially free of the superabsorbent polymers and at least partially oriented in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article. The channel has lateral widths taken parallel to the lateral axis. A profile of the lateral widths of the channel over a longitudinal length of at least 50 mm of the channel taken along the longitudinal axis is substantially constant. | 03-03-2016 |
20160089279 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE DEMONSTRATING CONTROLLED DEFORMATION AND LONGITUDINAL FLUID DISTRIBUTION - The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to a absorbent articles demonstrating controlled deformation and enhanced fluid wicking in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent articles | 03-31-2016 |
20160089280 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE DEMONSTRATING CONTROLLED DEFORMATION AND LONGITUDINAL FLUID DISTRIBUTION - The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to a absorbent articles demonstrating controlled deformation and enhanced fluid wicking in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent articles | 03-31-2016 |
20160089281 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE DEMONSTRATING CONTROLLED DEFORMATION AND LONGITUDINAL FLUID DISTRIBUTION - The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to a absorbent articles demonstrating controlled deformation and enhanced fluid wicking in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent articles | 03-31-2016 |
20160136013 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING DISTRIBUTION MATERIALS - An absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet, and a distribution material comprising a wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate comprising at least 80% pulp fibers by weight of the wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate. The wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate comprises a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete zones. The discrete zones are dispersed throughout the continuous network region. The continuous network region and the plurality of discrete zones have a common intensive property. The common intensive property of the continuous network region has a first value. The common intensive property of the plurality of discrete zones has a second value. The first value is different than the second value. | 05-19-2016 |
20180021187 | ABSORBENT PANT WITH ADVANTAGEOUSLY CHANNELED ABSORBENT CORE STRUCTURE AND BULGE-REDUCING FEATURES | 01-25-2018 |