Outer Cover for an Absorbent Article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Elaine Mary Wiggins
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Abstract
An outer cover for an absorbent article has an absorbent capacity in addition to the absorbency of an absorbent insert. The outer cover may have two or more layers, at least one of which has liquid absorption capacity. Another layer may be hydrophobic. The outer cover as a whole may be breathable and water-impermeable.
Claims20
An outer cover for an absorbent article, the outer cover comprising:
- a first, wearer-facing layer having a wearer-facing surface;
- and
- a second, garment-facing layer;
- wherein the outer cover has an absorbent capacity between 5 and 100 g and the wearer-facing surface of the first, wearer-facing layer has a DAT contact angle at 0.5 second of less than about 75 degrees.
An outer cover for an absorbent article, the outer cover consisting of a single layer or laminate of material, wherein the outer cover comprises:
- a first, wearer-facing surface;
- and
- a second, garment-facing surface;
- wherein the outer cover has an absorbent capacity between 5 and 100 g and the first, wearer-facing surface has a DAT contact angle at 0.5 second of less than about 75 degrees.
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent insert and an outer cover, wherein the outer cover has an absorbent capacity greater than 0 and less than an absorbent capacity of the absorbent insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.