Disposable Absorbent Articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStephen Lebeuf Hardie, Joshua Andrew Williams
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline is described herein. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent system has a first and second absorbent core configured such that there is an overlap between the first and second absorbent core and a pair of outboard distances for the first and second absorbent cores.
Claims20
A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, the disposable absorbent article further comprising:
- a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- a first end region an opposing second end region and an intermediate region disposed between the first end region and the second end region;
- a first absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the first absorbent core having an intermediate region first absorbent core width;
- a second absorbent core disposed between the first absorbent core and the backsheet, the second absorbent core, wherein the second absorbent core has an intermediate region second absorbent core width, and wherein the intermediate region first absorbent core width is greater than the intermediate region second absorbent core width or the intermediate region second absorbent core width is greater than the intermediate region first absorbent core width by an intermediate outboard distance, wherein first absorbent core and the second absorbent core overlap by an overlap distance, and wherein the first absorbent core and the second absorbent core are disposed in a longitudinally offset configuration.
The disposable absorbent article of 1, wherein each of the first absorbent core comprises a first distribution layer and a first superabsorbent layer the second absorbent core comprises a laminate including a second distribution layer and a second superabsorbent layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.