Shaped Nonwoven
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsArman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman, Adrien Grenier, Martin Ian James, Stefano Michele Sinigaglia
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Abstract
A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region is hydrophobic and the second region is hydrophilic.
Claims20
An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid permeable topsheet;
- a liquid impermeable backsheet;
- an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material, wherein one or more channels are defined in the absorbent material;
- and
- an outer cover material in a facing relationship with the backsheet;
- the topsheet or the outer cover material comprising:
- a nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface and a second opposing surface and first and second visually discernible zones on one of the first or second surfaces, wherein the first visually discernible zone is free of overlap with the second visually discernible zone, each of the first and second zones having a visually different pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of:
- a. thickness,
- b. basis weight, and
- c. volumetric density;
- and
- wherein the intensive property is greater than zero, wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region;
- a back waist region;
- a crotch region between the front and back waist regions;
- a liquid permeable topsheet;
- a liquid impermeable backsheet;
- an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material, wherein one or more channels are defined in the absorbent material;
- an outer cover material in a facing relationship with the backsheet;
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- an elastic waist feature in the back waist region;
- the topsheet or the outer cover material comprising:
- a nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface and a second opposing surface and first and second visually discernible zones on one of the first or second surfaces, wherein the first visually discernible zone is free of overlap with the second visually discernible zone, each of the first and second zones having a visually different pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is basis weight;
- wherein the basis weight is greater than zero, wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.