Absorbent article having a rewet barrier
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsLiberatore A. Trombetta, Dhanraj S. Patel, Dennis A. Darby, Jayne S. Huhtanen
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Abstract
The present invention provides an absorbent article having a rewet barrier. The absorbent article includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined to the topsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, a fibrous acquisition layer positioned between the topsheet and the absorbent core, and a rewet barrier positioned between the fibrous acquisition layer and the absorbent core. The rewet barrier is an apertured, macroscopically expanded, three-dimensional polymeric web having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface.
Claims16
An absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a liquid pervious topsheet;
- (b) a liquid impervious backsheet joined to said topsheet;
- (c) an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet;
- (d) a first fibrous acquisition layer positioned between said topsheet and said absorbent core;
- (e) a rewet barrier positioned between said fibrous acquisition layer and said absorbent core, said rewet barrier comprising an apertured, macroscopically expanded, three-dimensional, polymeric web having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface;
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- (f) a second fibrous acquisition layer positioned between said rewet barrier and said absorbent core.
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