Absorbent system design for absorbent articles
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Feldkamp, Richard Timmers, Richard Dodge
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Abstract
The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles that include absorbent systems. The absorbent system includes an absorbent pad formed of absorbent materials and having a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction. The absorbent pad has a narrow zone area of increased thickness of absorbent materials that has a length greater than or equal to 80% of the length of the absorbent pad. The narrow zone area has a width in the lateral direction of the absorbent pad that is less than or equal to 62% and greater than or equal to 20% of the width of a non-zone area.
Claims14
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent system, wherein the absorbent system includes an absorbent pad formed of absorbent materials and having a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, wherein the absorbent pad has a narrow zone area of increased thickness of absorbent materials, wherein the narrow zone area has a width in the lateral direction of the absorbent pad that is less than or equal to 62% and greater than or equal to 20% of the width of a non-zone area of the absorbent pad and the narrow zone area has a length in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent pad that is greater than or equal to 80% of the length of the absorbent pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.