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US 2014/0180231 A1Published application
Absorbent article with low cold flow construction adhesive
AssigneeThe Proctor & Gamble Company
InventorsJay TAO, Ebrahim Rezai
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Abstract
Absorbent articles comprising a low cold flow construction adhesive suitable for joining at least two absorbent article components together, wherein the adhesive comprises an ethylene-based polyolefin resin and a crystallization enhancer, wherein at least one of the absorbent article components comprises a nonwoven material, and wherein the absorbent articles have an in-bag compression opening force of less than about 0.75N. Also, a method for assembling such articles.
Claims38
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a) a topsheet, a backsheet underlying the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
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- b) a polyolefin-based, low cold flow construction adhesive suitable for joining an absorbent article component comprising a nonwoven material and another absorbent article component together, wherein the adhesive comprises an ethylene-based polyolefin resin and a crystallization enhancer;
- wherein the absorbent article has an in-bag compression opening force of less than about 0.75N.
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A method of assembling an absorbent article comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a polyolefin-based, low cold flow construction adhesive wherein the adhesive comprises an ethylene-based polyolefin resin and a crystallization enhancer;
- b) providing an absorbent article component comprising a nonwoven material and a plurality of other absorbent article components;
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- c) joining the absorbent article component comprising a nonwoven material to at least one of the other absorbent article components using the polyolefin-based, low cold flow construction adhesive so as to assemble the absorbent article whereby the absorbent article has an in-bag compression opening force of less than about 0.75N.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.