Hot melt construction adhesives for disposable articles

A hot melt construction adhesive useful for the manufacture of disposable consumer articles, comprising:

• about 5 parts to about 20 parts by weight of a linear styrene-butadiene A-BA-B-A-multi-block copolymer containing at least about 25 weight percent styrene;
• about 5 parts to about 20 parts by weight of a linear styrene-isoprene A-B-A tri-block copolymer containing at least about 25 weight percent styrene;
• about 40 to about 65 parts by weight of at least one tackifying resin;
• about 10 parts to about 30 parts by weight of at least one plasticizer;
• 0 to about 10 parts by weight of at least one wax;
• and
• 0 parts to about 2.0 parts by weight of at least one stabilizer;
• wherein said hot melt construction adhesive possesses a viscosity no greater than about 6,000 mPa·s at about 140° C., a shear adhesion failure temperature of at least about 65° C., and a static shear time to failure of no less than about 25 hours at about 23° C.

A hot melt construction adhesive useful for the manufacture of disposable consumer articles, comprising:

• about 5 to about 15 parts by weight of a linear styrene-butadiene A-B-A-B-A multi-block copolymer containing from about 35 to about 45 weight percent styrene and possessing a melt flow index of from about 10 to about 20;
• about 5 to about 15 parts of a linear styrene-isoprene A-B-A tri-block copolymer containing from about 35 to about 45 weight percent styrene and possessing a melt flow index of from about 30 to about 50 and less than about 10 weight percent diblock content;
• about 40 to about 70 parts of a hydrogenated aliphatic-aromatic tackifying resin;
• about 10 to about 30 parts of a paraffinic oil;
• 0 to about 10 parts of an oxidized polyethylene wax;
• and
• about 0.25 to about 2.0 parts by weight stabilizer wherein the hot melt construction adhesive possesses a viscosity of no greater than about 6,000 mPa·s at 140° C., a shear adhesion failure temperature of at least about 65° C., and a static shear time to failure of at least about 120 hours at about 23° C.