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US 12,589,037 B2Granted
Wearable article comprising a laminate
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRodrigo Rosati, Zheng Bao, Koichi Morimoto, Lu Ye, Nancy Melinda Messer Myers, Gueltekin Erdem
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Abstract
Wearable article comprising a laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The laminate comprises a first web and a second web. The second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, which are integrally combined with each other. The second fibrous layer may be more hydrophilic than the first fibrous layer; and/or the second fibrous layer may have higher average surface area per volume than the first fibrous layer.
Claims23
A wearable article comprising a laminate comprising,
- a first web, and,
- a second web, the second web being comprised by less than the complete surface area of the first web, the first and second web being partially or completely in a face to face relationship;
- wherein the second web is a nonwoven web and comprises a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer,
- a) wherein the second fibrous layer is more hydrophilic than the first fibrous layer;
- and/or
- b) the second fibrous layer has higher average surface area per volume than the first fibrous layer,
- wherein the first and second fibrous layer are integrally combined with each other, and wherein at least some of the fibers of the second fibrous layer interpenetrate the fibers of the first fibrous layer, the first fibrous layer forming a first surface of the second web and the second fibrous layer forming a second surface of the second web,
- wherein the first surface faces towards the skin of the wearer when the wearable article is in use.
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