Disposable absorbent article with selectively expandable or inflatable components
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNicholas Albert Ahr, Gary Dean Lavon
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article having an expandable component is disclosed. The expandable component can be inflatable, and comprises a gas evolving material and an activating material separated from the gas evolving material by a breakable barrier. The barrier is broken to combine the materials and inflate the component at the point of use of the disposable absorbent article. The inflatable component can comprise a spacer for maintaining a fecal void space in a disposable absorbent article.
Claims12
A disposable absorbent article having a front edge, a rear edge, longitudinal edges, and longitudinal and lateral centerlines, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid impervious backsheet;
- a liquid pervious topsheet joined to the backsheet;
- an absorbent core intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet;
- an inflatable component disposed on the absorbent article, the inflatable component inflatable from a first thickness to a second thickness substantially greater than the first thickness for providing a seal for reducing the leakage of body exudates from between the disposable absorbent article and a wearer's skin;
- a predetermined amount of a first material disposed on the disposable absorbent article prior to use of the disposable absorbent article;
- a predetermined amount of a second material disposed on the disposable absorbent article prior to use of the disposable absorbent article, wherein the second material is separated from the first material by a breakable barrier, and wherein the first and second materials are combinable at a time selected by a user of the article for providing inflation of the inflatable component.
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid impervious backsheet;
- a liquid pervious topsheet joined to the backsheet;
- an absorbent core intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet;
- at least one barrier cuff disposed on the absorbent article, that barrier cuff having a proximal edge joined to the disposable absorbent article and a distal edge;
- an inflatable component disposed on the absorbent article, the inflatable component inflatable from a first thickness to a second thickness substantially greater than the first thickness for biasing the distal edge of the barrier cuff away from an underlying portion of the disposable absorbent article;
- a predetermined amount of a first material disposed on the disposable absorbent article prior to use of the disposable absorbent article;
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- a predetermined amount of a second material disposed on the disposable absorbent article prior to use of the disposable absorbent article, wherein the second material is separated from the first material by a breakable barrier, and wherein the first and second materials are combinable at a time selected by a user of the article for providing inflation of the inflatable component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.