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.
Claims32
An absorbent article having longitudinal and transverse axes, longitudinal end edges, and longitudinal side edges extending between the longitudinal end edges, the absorbent article comprising:
- a moisture barrier;
- an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier;
- and
- fecal containment members positioned transversely outward of the absorbent assembly between the absorbent assembly and each longitudinal side edge, the fecal containment members having a wet compression recovery of at least about 85 percent and a mean pore size of at least about 1.5 millimeters.
An absorbent article having longitudinal and transverse axes, longitudinal end edges, and longitudinal side edges extending between the longitudinal end edges, the absorbent article comprising:
- a moisture barrier;
- an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier;
- and
- fecal containment members positioned transversely outward of the absorbent assembly between the absorbent assembly and each longitudinal side edge, the fecal containment members having a wet compression recovery of at least about 85 percent, a void volume of at least about 20 cubic centimeters per gram when under no load, and a mean pore size of from about 2 to about 4 millimeters.
An absorbent article having longitudinal and transverse axes, longitudinal end edges, and longitudinal side edges extending between the longitudinal end edges, the absorbent article comprising:
- a moisture barrier;
- an absorbent assembly disposed on the moisture barrier;
- and
- fecal containment members positioned transversely outward of the absorbent assembly between the absorbent assembly and each longitudinal side edge, the fecal containment members having a wet compression recovery of from about 90 to about 100 percent, a void volume of from about 30 to about 50 cubic centimeters per gram when under no compressive load, and a mean pore size of from about 2 to about 4 millimeters, each fecal containment member having a transverse cross-sectional area of at least about 2.5 square centimeters and being substantially free of high-absorbency material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.