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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsLaurie Couture-Dorschner, Valerie V. Finch, Thomas H. Gilman, David R. King, Ann M. Nichols
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An absorbent article is disclosed which exhibits enhanced wicking capacity. The absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable cover, a liquid-impermeable baffle and an absorbent enclosed therebetween. The absorbent is constructed of first, second and third members. Each member has a wicking capacity for body fluids discharged by a human body. The first member has a high wicking capacity, the second member has a lower wicking capacity than the first member, and the third member has a greater wicking capacity than the second member. The different wicking capacities of the three members promotes a systematic distribution of body fluid away from the body-side cover down into the absorbent article. The second member also has an equal or greater width than either the first or third members so as to provide a visual cue of when the absorbent article is in need of changing. By changing the absorbent article when the second member appears to be soiled, the user can prevent side leakage and soiling of an adjacent undergarment.
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising first, second and third vertically aligned members, said second and third members being positioned below said first member, said first member having a wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis, said second member having a lower wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said first member, and said third member having a greater wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said second member, said first member having a width and said second member having a width greater than the width of said first member, and said second member having a basis weight of less than about 300 gsm.
The absorbent article of claim I wherein said second member is coform.
The absorbent article of claim I wherein said second member is an air-laid fabric.
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising first, second and third vertically aligned members, said second member positioned below said first member and said third member positioned within said second member, said first member having a wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis, said second member having a lower wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said first member, and said third member having a greater wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said second member, said first member having a width and said second member having a width greater than the width of said first member, said third member having a width slightly less than the width of said second member, and said second member having a basis weight of less than about 300 gsm.
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising first, second and third vertically aligned members, said second and third members being positioned below said first member, said first member providing an in-use visual signal that body fluid which entered said article is staying in a central portion of said article, said second and third members each having a wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis with said third member having a greater wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said second member, said second and third members each having a width with the width of said second member being greater than the width of said third member, and said second member having a basis weight of less than about 300 gsm.
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis, comprising:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis, a central transverse axis and a pair of longitudinal side edges, said absorbent article comprising:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis, a central transverse axis and a pair of longitudinal side edges, said absorbent article comprising:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis comprising first, second and third vertically aligned members, said second and third members being positioned below said first member, said first member providing an in-use visual signal that body fluid which entered said article is staying in a central portion of said article, said first, second and third members each having a wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis, said second member having a lower wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said first member and said third member having a greater wicking capacity along said longitudinal axis than said second member, and said second member having a basis weight of less than about 300 gsm.
An absorbent article comprising:
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