Tampon and method for making the same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsHenry A. Brown, Ryo Minoguchi, Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, Gerard A. Viens
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Abstract
An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon has a fiber integrated primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top portion and a bottom portion as determined by the Secondary Desorption Performance method, and a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member. The tampon exhibits a wet weight percentage fluid in the bottom portion of at least about 60 percent when measured in accordance with the Secondary Desorption Performance method.
Claims19
An absorbent tampon comprising:
- a primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top adjacent the insertion end, a bottom adjacent the withdrawal end, and a middle disposed between the top and the bottom, the primary absorbent member comprising at least two layers of fibrous absorbent material, the primary absorbent member and/or the at least two layers thereof having a Z-direction fiber integration reflecting, as measured by a Z-Cluster Measurement Test Method as described herein, either or both of:
- an area of a third largest Z-cluster of greater than 0.01 mm{circumflex over ( )}2;
- and
- an average area of a top three clusters of at least 0.02 mm{circumflex over ( )}2;
- and
- a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member.
An absorbent tampon comprising:
- a primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top adjacent the insertion end, a bottom adjacent the withdrawal end, and a middle disposed between the top and the bottom, the primary absorbent member comprising at least two layers of fibrous absorbent material, the primary absorbent member and/or the at least two layers thereof having been spunlaced to an extent sufficient to impart the primary absorbent member with a Z-direction fiber integration reflecting, as measured by a Z-Cluster Measurement Test Method as described herein, either or both of:
- an area of a third largest Z-cluster of greater than 0.01 mm{circumflex over ( )}2;
- and
- an average area of a top three clusters of at least 0.02 mm{circumflex over ( )}2;
- and
- a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.