Absorbent articles including non-elasticated cuffs
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlexzandra Joan Spatholt, Edward Paul Carlin, Joshua Andrew Williams
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Abstract
An absorbent article having a chassis formed of a topsheet and backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. First and second non-elasticated cuffs are provided on a body facing surface of the absorbent article on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline. Each of the cuffs has a proximal end attached to the chassis and a distal end extending towards the centerline, wherein the width of the cuff measured between the proximal end and the distal end is at least 3 mm. Cuffs of the absorbent article may either incorporate a fold at the distal end to form cuffs with at least two layers or have a minimum cuff stiffness of at least 0.04 g*cm.
Claims19
An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, the absorbent article comprising:
- a) a chassis comprising a topsheet and backsheet;
- b) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, wherein a joining means is disposed on a garment-facing surface of the backsheet;
- c) first and second non-elasticated cuffs provided on a body facing surface of the absorbent article on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline, each of the cuffs having a proximal end attached to the chassis in an attachment area and a distal end extending towards the longitudinal centerline, wherein the width of each of the cuffs measured between the proximal end and the distal end is at least 3 mm, wherein each of the cuffs is formed of a single layer of material folded at the distal end to form at least two layers, wherein each of the cuffs has a cuff stiffness of at least 0.04 g*cm, wherein the joining means is disposed inboard of the attachment area,
- wherein the absorbent article has a whole pad stiffness of at least 331 gf, wherein the distal end of each of the first and second non-elasticated cuffs extends towards the longitudinal centerline to cover from 10% to 70% of the absorbent core and at least 30% of the absorbent core remains exposed, and
- wherein the first and second non-elasticized cuff have a stand up cuff height of greater than 2 mm.
An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, the absorbent article comprising:
- a) a chassis comprising a topsheet and backsheet;
- b) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, wherein a joining means is disposed on a garment-facing surface of the backsheet;
- c) first and second non-elasticated cuffs provided on a body facing surface of the absorbent article on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline, each of the cuffs having a proximal end attached to the chassis and a distal end extending towards the longitudinal centerline, wherein the width of the cuff measured between the proximal end and the distal end varies along the longitudinal centerline and is at least 3 mm, and wherein each of the cuffs has a cuff stiffness of at least 0.04 g*cm, wherein the joining means and the proximal end of the cuff attached to the chassis do not overlap, and
- wherein the first and second non-elasticized cuff have a stand up cuff height of greater than 2 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.