Low rewet topsheet and disposable absorbent article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorDonald C. Roe
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article contains a liquid pervious topsheet, having a basis weight ranging from 10 to 40 g/yd.sup.2 and comprising a body with at least the upper portion thereof comprising nonwoven fabric prepared by forming a web comprising a homogeneous admixture of from 1 to 50% by weight of melt blown fibers and from 99 to 50% by weight of 1.2 to 5 denier staple synthetic fibers and hydroentangling the fibers to form a fabric, with or without the formation of apertures.
Claims11
A liquid pervious topsheet for a disposable absorbent article, having a basis weight ranging from 10 to 40 g/yd.sup.2 and consisting of an apertured body with at least the upper portion thereof comprising nonwoven fabric prepared by forming a web comprising a homogeneous admixture of from 1 to 50% by weight of melt blown fibers and from 99 to 50% by weight of 1.2 to 5 denier staple synthetic fibers and hydroentangling the fibers to form a fabric and to form effective apertures through the thickness of the fabric.
A disposable absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet, said liquid pervious topsheet having a basis weight ranging from 10 to 40 g/yd.sup.2, having an apertured body and having at least the upper portion thereof comprising nonwoven fabric prepared by forming a web comprising a homogeneous admixture of from 1 to 50% by weight of melt blown fibers and from 99 to 50% by weight of 1.2 to 5 denier staple synthetic fibers and hydroentangling the fibers to form a fabric and to form effective apertures through the thickness of the fabric.
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