Viscous fluid bodily waste management article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald C. Roe, Oliver E. C. Mason, Tim Bast, Joerg Mueller
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Abstract
An absorbent article comprising a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of the crotch region. The waste management element comprises an acceptance element and a storage element. The storage element preferably comprises a three-dimensional web with arcuate portions intermittent with bondable locations forming a lofted open structure.
Claims20
An absorbent article having a first waist region, a second waist region opposed to the first waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and the second waist region, the absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet;
- a liquid impervious backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet;
- an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and
- the backsheet, and
- a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of the crotch region, the waste management element including:
- an acceptance element having an Acceptance Under Pressure value of greater than about 0.50 grams of a viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the acceptance element per millijoule of energy input an wherein said acceptance element comprises a netting, and
- a storage element having a Storage Under Pressure value of at least about 0.70 grams of the viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the storage element, wherein said storage element comprises a three-dimensional web having arcuate portions intermittent with bondable locations.
An absorbent insert to be placed in a wearer's undergarment having two opposed end regions separated by a central region, the absorbent insert comprising:
- a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of the central
- region, the waste management element including:
- an acceptance element having an Acceptance Under Pressure value of greater than about 0.50 grams of a viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the acceptance element per millijoule of energy input;
- and
- a storage element having a Storage Under Pressure value of greater than about 0.70 grams of the viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the storage element, wherein said storage element comprises a three-dimensional web having arcuate portions intermittent with bondable locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.