Absorbent article
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorHamzeh Karami
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Abstract
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent pad having a front surface, a fluid pervious top sheet covering at least a portion of the front surface of the pad, and a perforated film of thermoplastic material intermediate the sheet and pad. The film is heated to enlarge the perforations and fuse the film to the sheet and pad.
Claims13
An absorbent article, comprising:
- an absorbent pad having a front surface, and a fluid pervious, fibrous cover sheet fused to the front surface of the pad throughout a substantial portion of a longitudinally extending central fluid receiving region of the pad, said cover sheet being fused to the pad by a heated film of thermoplastic material intermediate the cover sheet and pad, with said film having a plurality of openings in the fluid receiving region of the pad communicating between the cover sheet and the pad, with said openings comprising perforations in the film enlarged by heating.
An absorbent article comprising, an absorbent pad having a front surface, a fluid pervious top sheet covering at least a portion of the front surface of the pad, and a film of thermoplastic material intermediate the top sheet and pad, said film being fused in a region of said film over said pad, said film having a plurality of openings extending through the film in a fluid receiving area of the article, and wherein said film is fused to both said top sheet and pad in said region.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- an absorbent pad assembly including an absorbent pad having a front surface, a back surface, a pair of side edges, and a pair of end edges, the pad assembly having a fluid pervious top sheet covering at least a substantial portion of the front surface of said pad, a film of thermoplastic material intermediate and fused to the top sheet and pad in a region overlying the pad, said film having a plurality of perforations extending through the film, at least a part of said perforations being enlarged by heating in a fluid receiving area of the pad assembly in said region, and a fluid impervious backing sheet covering at least a substantial portion of the back surface of the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.