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US 11,376,169 B2Granted
Absorbent article having multiple zones
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Callida Williams Ludher, John David Norcom
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Abstract
An absorbent article is disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers. The absorbent article has multiple zones.
Claims1
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure comprising one or more layers, a zone A and a zone B,
- the absorbent article comprising a heterogeneous mass comprising a first layer comprising a nonwoven web and a second layer comprising one or more pieces of open-celled HIPE foam disposed beneath the topsheet, wherein the first layer is integrated with the second layer wherein fibers of the nonwoven web have been displaced in a pattern of wells, through a plane occupied by the one or more pieces of HIPE foam, such that fibers of the nonwoven web and the one or more pieces of the open-celled HIPE foam both occupy the plane;
- wherein zone A and Zone B exhibit different Cross Direction to Machine Direction slope ratios and exhibit different NMR residual fluid values, and exhibit saturation mass values within 10% of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.