US 2016/0067118 A1 · Nonwoven Web

Abstract

Nonwoven webs for use in absorbent articles are disclosed. A nonwoven web can have a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, and a first plurality of apertures extending through the first nonwoven layer from the first side to the second side. The first nonwoven layer also has an additive which is disposed, at least in part, on at least a portion of the first plurality of fibers. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first side and a second side opposed to the first side. The second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers is in liquid communication with the first plurality of apertures.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article, the nonwoven web comprising:

a first nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of fibers, a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, a first plurality of apertures extending through the first nonwoven layer from the first side to the second side, wherein the first nonwoven layer comprises an additive which is disposed, at least in part, on at least a portion of the first plurality of fibers;
and
a second nonwoven layer comprising a second plurality of fibers, a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, the second nonwoven layer being attached to the first nonwoven layer such at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first plurality of apertures, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and wherein the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Nonwoven Web

Life of this patent

Nonwoven Web

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims25