Inverse textured web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorJody Lynn Hoying
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Abstract
A composite web adapted for use as a component in a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The composite web comprises a first fibrous layer and a second layer, the first and second layers each comprising a body-facing side and a garment-facing side and are disposed in a face to face relationship to form a laminate. The first fibrous layer comprises a fibrous web of randomly oriented fibers with respect to an X-Y plane, and a plurality of discrete regions of fiber reorientation at least on the body-facing side thereof, and a plurality of fibers having portions reoriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to the X-Y plane and extending toward the garment-facing side.
Claims15
A composite web adapted for use as a component in a disposable absorbent article, said composite web comprising a first fibrous layer and a second layer, said first and second layers each comprising a body-facing side and a garment-facing side and being disposed in a face to face relationship to form a laminate, said first fibrous layer comprising a fibrous web of randomly oriented fibers with respect to an X-Y plane, and comprising a plurality of discrete regions of fiber reorientation at least on said body-facing side, and comprising a plurality of fibers having portions reoriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to said X-Y plane and extending toward said garment-facing side of said second layer.
A topsheet for a disposable absorbent article, the topsheet comprising a first fibrous layer and a second layer, said first and second layers each comprising a body-facing side and a garment-facing side and being disposed in a face to face relationship to form a laminate, said first fibrous layer comprising a fibrous web of randomly oriented fibers with respect to an X-Y plane, and comprising a plurality of discrete regions of fiber reorientation at least on said body-facing side, and comprising a plurality of fibers having portions reoriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to said X-Y plane and extending toward said garment-facing side of said second layer.
An absorbent core for a disposable absorbent article, the absorbent core comprising a first fibrous layer and a second layer, said first and second layers each comprising a body-facing side and a garment-facing side and being disposed in a face to face relationship to form a laminate, said first fibrous layer comprising a fibrous web of randomly oriented fibers with respect to an X-Y plane, and comprising a plurality of discrete regions of fiber reorientation at least on said body-facing side, and comprising a plurality of fibers having portions reoriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to said X-Y plane and extending toward said garment-facing side of said second layer.
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