Absorbent structure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr.
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Abstract
An absorbent structure comprising one or more absorbent layers wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a first cycle Peak Force compression between about 30 grams and about 150 grams. The absorbent structure further exhibits a fifth cycle dry recovery energy between 0.1 mJ and 2.8 mJ.
Claims17
A sanitary napkin, having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and comprising an absorbent core structure comprising one or more absorbent layers, the one or more absorbent layers comprising a heterogeneous mass, the heterogeneous mass comprising a nonwoven web of fibers and a plurality of discrete open cell foam pieces enrobing fibers within the nonwoven web, wherein the discrete open cell foam pieces are present and distributed among the fibers of the nonwoven web across and within at least a central region of the napkin occupying an intersection of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, and wherein the absorbent core structure exhibits a first cycle Peak Force compression between about 30 grams and about 150 grams;
- wherein the absorbent structure further exhibits a fifth cycle dry recovery energy between 0.1 mJ and 2.8 mJ.
A sanitary napkin, having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and comprising an absorbent core structure comprising one or more absorbent layers, the one or more absorbent layers comprising a heterogeneous mass, the heterogeneous mass comprising a nonwoven web of fibers and a plurality of discrete open cell foam pieces enrobing fibers within the nonwoven web, wherein the discrete open cell foam pieces are present and distributed among the fibers of the nonwoven web across and within at least a central region of the napkin occupying an intersection of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, and wherein the absorbent core structure exhibits a first cycle Peak Force compression between about 30 grams and about 150 grams;
- wherein the absorbent core structure further exhibits a fifth cycle dry recovery energy between 0.1 mJ and 2.8 mJ;
- and wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a fifth cycle wet recovery energy between 0.6 mJ and 5.0 mJ.
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