Absorbent article providing improved fecal containment
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael John Faulks, Alan Francis Schleinz
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Abstract
An absorbent article has a moisture barrier and an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier. In one embodiment, fecal containment members of the absorbent article are positioned transversely outward of the absorbent assembly between the absorbent assembly and each longitudinal side edge of the article. The fecal containment members have a wet compression recovery of at least about 85 percent and a mean pore size of at least about 1.5 millimeters.
Claims13
An absorbent article having longitudinal and transverse axes, the absorbent article comprising:
- a moisture barrier;
- an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier;
- a bodyside liner bonded to the moisture barrier and sandwiching the absorbent assembly therebetween;
- containment flaps disposed on the moisture barrier transversely outward of the absorbent assembly, each containment flap having a base and a distal edge and defining therebetween a flap height, the base being spaced from the absorbent assembly by at least about 5 millimeters;
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- fecal passage members each having inner and outer portions, the inner portions being bonded to the bodyside liner and the outer portions being bonded to one of the containment flaps at an attachment point spaced from the base by from about 25 and about 95 percent of the flap height, fecal reservoirs being defined between the absorbent assembly, the containment flaps, the fecal passage members, and the moisture barrier.
An absorbent article having longitudinal and transverse axes, the absorbent article comprising:
- a moisture barrier;
- an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier;
- containment flaps disposed on the moisture barrier transversely outward of the absorbent assembly, each containment flap having a base and a distal edge and defining therebetween a flap height, the base being spaced from the absorbent assembly by at least about 5 millimeters;
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- a fecal passage layer disposed on the absorbent assembly and having an inner portion and outer portions located on opposite sides of the inner portion, each of the outer portions being bonded to one of the containment flaps at an attachment point spaced from the base by from about 25 and about 95 percent of the flap height, fecal reservoirs being defined between the absorbent assembly, the containment flaps, the fecal passage layer, and the moisture barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.