Back to results
US 6,545,197 B1Granted
Disposable absorbent article having an improved topsheet
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJorg Muller, Michael Divo, Gabriele Stiehl
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention is a disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet includes a backing and a sheet of fibers. The sheet of fibers have anchor portions in the backing at spaced bonding locations and have arcuate portions of the sheet projecting from the backing between bonding locations.
Claims18
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a topsheet comprising a backing and a sheet of fibers, said sheet of fibers having anchor portions in said backing at spaced bonding locations and having arcuate portions of said sheet projecting to a height from said backing between bonding locations,
- a backsheet joined to said topsheet;
- and
- an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet,
- wherein said sheet of fibers has a hydrophilicity which is less than a hydrophilicity of the backing.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.