Unitary storage layer for disposable absorbent articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMartin Schnabel, Carola Elke Beatrice Krippner, Norbert Matthias Stelzer, Michele Mazzeo, Dirk Saevecke
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Abstract
A unitary storage layer for an absorbent article, being formed by at least two sub-layers in which a first outermost sub-layer forms said first surface and includes cellulose pulp fibers and cross linked cellulose fibers and includes less than 5% of SAP by weight of the sub-layer, and a second sub layer which includes cellulose pulp fibers and SAP and is immediately adjacent to said first sub-layer.
Claims13
A unitary storage layer for an absorbent article, said storage layer having a first outermost surface and a second surface opposite to said first outermost surface, and being formed by at least three sub-layers, wherein:
- a) a first sub-layer forms said first outermost surface and comprises cellulose pulp fibers and crosslinked cellulose fibers, wherein said first sub-layer further comprises less than 5% of superabsorbent polymer (SAP) by weight of said first sub-layer, and wherein said first sub-layer further comprises multicomponent binder fibers in an amount up to 50% by weight of the first sub-layer, and wherein said first sub-layer further comprises a latex-based binder disposed on said first outermost surface in an amount of from about 2% to about 15% by weight of said first sub-layer;
- b) a second sub-layer comprises cellulose pulp fibers and SAP and is immediately adjacent to said first sub-layer;
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- c) a third sub-layer comprises SAP, wherein said first and third sub-layers sandwich said second sub-layer.
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