Absorbent articles with nonwoven substrates having fibrils
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsCalvin Hoi Wung CHENG, Olaf Erik Alexander ISELE, Brian UDENGAARD
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious material, a liquid impervious material, and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid pervious material and the liquid impervious material. The absorbent article comprises one or more nonwoven substrates each comprising one or more layers of fibers. A plurality of the fibers each comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers. The plurality of fibrils comprise a lipid ester.
Claims40
An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious material;
- a liquid impervious material;
- an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid pervious material and the liquid impervious material;
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- a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers, wherein a plurality of the fibers each comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers, and wherein the plurality of fibrils comprise a lipid ester.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious material;
- a liquid impervious material;
- an absorbent material positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid pervious material and the liquid impervious material;
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- a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers, wherein the layer of fibers comprises a plurality of bonds, each bond comprising a bond area, and wherein a plurality of fibrils extend outwardly from a surface of at least one of the bond areas.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers, wherein a plurality of the fibers comprise fibrils extending outwardly therefrom only after a time period, and wherein the time period is greater than about 24 hours post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious material;
- a liquid impervious material;
- an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid pervious material and the liquid impervious material;
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- a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers, wherein a plurality of the fibers each comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers, and wherein the plurality of fibrils comprise a lipid ester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.