Absorbent articles comprising patterned nonwoven materials
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn FERRER, Han XU
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Abstract
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet comprising a first nonwoven material having a first visible element, a backsheet comprising a second nonwoven material having a second visible element, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the first visible element and the second visible element are matching visible elements. Matching visible elements may enhance a caregiver's understanding of breathability and air flow between absorbent article components by indicating a pathway for air to flow.
Claims20
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet comprising a first nonwoven material, a backsheet comprising a second nonwoven material, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, and matching visible elements, wherein the matching visible elements comprise a first visible element disposed on the first nonwoven material and a second visible element disposed on the second nonwoven material;
- and wherein the matching visible elements are formed by a method selected from the group consisting of thermobonding, calendar-bonding, and combinations thereof.
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;
- the absorbent article further comprising two or more article components having matching visible elements, wherein the matching visible elements comprise a first visible element disposed on the first article component and a second visible element disposed on the second article component;
- and wherein the matching visible elements are formed by embossing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.