Absorbent article
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Sun, Shmuel Dabi
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Abstract
An absorbent article and a method for manufacturing an absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article is made from an inner core absorbent material, which is surrounded by an apertured film. The absorbent material is selected from rayon, cotton, wood pulp, polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, copolymers thereof, and combinations thereof. The absorbent article has a bottom layer, which is made of an apertured film oriented such that protuberances face the inside of the absorbent article. The absorbent article also has a top layer, which is made of an apertured film oriented such that the protuberances face the outside of the absorbent article. The absorbent article may be useful in various applications including sanitary protection and bandages.
Claims23
An absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent core material having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a bottom layer;
- and
- a top layer;
- said bottom layer comprising an apertured film having an open area and a plurality of protuberances, the protuberances of said bottom layer facing and being in contact with said absorbent core,
- said top layer being in contact with said absorbent core and comprising an apertured film having an open area and a plurality of protuberances, the protuberances of said top layer facing away from said absorbent core.
A method comprising:
- placing an apertured film having protuberances on a surface with the protuberances facing up;
- applying an adhesive to the top surface of an absorbent core material;
- placing the top surface of the absorbent core material on the apertured film;
- placing a second apertured film having protuberances on a surface with the protuberances facing up;
- applying an adhesive to the top surface of the second apertured film;
- and
- placing the bottom surface of the absorbent core material on the top surface of the second apertured film;
- wherein an absorbent article is formed.
An adhesive bandage comprising:
- a backing material having a length, a width, and a major surface;
- and
- a wound contacting pad;
- said wound contacting pad being secured to said major surface of said backing material, said wound contacting pad comprising an absorbent core material having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a bottom layer;
- and
- a top layer,
- said bottom layer comprising an apertured film having an open area and a plurality of protuberances, the protuberances of said bottom layer facing and being in contact with said absorbent core,
- said top layer being in contact with said absorbent core and comprising an apertured film having an open area and a plurality of protuberances, the protuberances of said top layer facing away from said absorbent core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.