Topsheets integrated with heterogenous mass layer
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsClint Adam Morrow, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, John Lee Hammons, Dean Larry DuVal
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Abstract
An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
Claims7
A feminine hygiene pad comprising a topsheet comprising a first fibrous nonwoven web, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure comprising one or more layers including a heterogeneous mass layer comprising a combination of one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam and a second fibrous nonwoven web, wherein the one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam enrobe fibers of the second fibrous nonwoven web;
- and wherein fibers of the first nonwoven web are incorporated into the heterogeneous mass such that fibers of the first nonwoven web and the heterogeneous mass occupy the same X-Y plane, wherein the open cell foam comprises polyurethane foam or HIPE foam.
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