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US 12,569,372 B2Granted
Absorbent article with fluid control features
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRoger Bradshaw Quincy, III, Kerry Lynn Clemmer
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Abstract
An absorbent article includes a bodyside liner, an absorbent core, and an acquisition layer positioned between the bodyside liner and the absorbent core. Properties of the bodyside liner, absorbent core, and acquisition layer may facilitate fluid flow within a target zone and provide the absorbent article with desired dryness.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a bodyside liner having an air permeability no less than thirteen thousand cubic meters per hour per square meter surface and no greater than sixteen thousand, five hundred cubic meters per hour per square meter surface, wherein the bodyside liner comprises a nonwoven web of surfactant treated hydrophilic fibers;
- an absorbent core comprising a matrix of cellulosic fluff and superabsorbent material, the superabsorbent material present in the matrix at no less than fifty percent by weight of the matrix and no greater than eighty percent by weight of the matrix;
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- an acquisition layer positioned between the bodyside liner and the absorbent core, the acquisition layer having an air permeability no less than twelve thousand, seven hundred cubic meters per hour per square meter surface.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a bodyside liner having an air permeability no less than thirteen thousand cubic meters per hour per square meter surface and no greater than sixteen thousand, five hundred cubic meters per hour per square meter surface, a basis weight of the bodyside liner being no less than ten grams per square meter and no greater than twenty grams per square meter, wherein the bodyside liner comprises a nonwoven web of surfactant treated hydrophilic fibers;
- an absorbent core comprising a matrix of cellulosic fluff and superabsorbent material, the superabsorbent material present in the matrix at no less than fifty percent by weight of the matrix and no greater than eighty percent by weight of the matrix;
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- an acquisition layer positioned between the bodyside liner and the absorbent core, the acquisition layer having an air permeability no less than twelve thousand, seven hundred cubic meters per hour per square meter surface, a basis weight of the acquisition layer being no less than sixty grams per square meter and no greater than one hundred grams per square meter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.