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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJody Lynn Hoying, John Lee Hammons, Susan Nicole Lloyd, Robert Haines Turner, John Joseph Curro
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An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet has a first side and a second side, the first side being a body-facing side. The topsheet defines a CD-MD plane and includes a fibrous nonwoven web and tufts, the tufts having fibers of the fibrous nonwoven web. The topsheet further includes first, second and third zones, each zone being characterized in a Z-direction by the zone fiber orientation, wherein the first and third zones are displaced relative to each other and each include fibers having portions orientated substantially parallel to said CD-MD plane of the topsheet. The second zone is intermediate and adjacent to the first and third zones, the second zone including substantially reoriented fibers that are substantially vertically oriented with respect to the CD-MD plane of said topsheet.
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the topsheet having a first side and a second side, the first side being a body-facing side, said topsheet defining a CD-MD plane and comprising a fibrous nonwoven web and tufts, said tufts comprising fibers of said fibrous nonwoven web and said tufts extending from said nonwoven web, wherein said absorbent core is disposed between said nonwoven web and said backsheet, a plurality of said fibers of said tufts being looped fibers, said topsheet further comprising first, second and third zones, each said zone being characterized in a Z-direction by the zone fiber orientation, wherein said first and third zones are displaced relative to each other and each comprise fibers having portions orientated substantially parallel to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, and said second zone is intermediate and adjacent to said first and third zones, said second zone comprising substantially reoriented fibers that are substantially vertically oriented with respect to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, wherein said second zone comprises broken fibers.
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the topsheet having a first side and a second side, the first side being a body-facing side and the second side being in fluid communication with the absorbent core, said topsheet defining a CD-MD plane and comprising a fibrous nonwoven web and tufts, said tufts comprising fibers of said fibrous nonwoven web and said tufts extending from said nonwoven web, wherein said absorbent core is disposed between said nonwoven web and said backsheet, a plurality of said fibers of said tufts being looped fibers, said topsheet further comprising first, second and third zones, each said zone being characterized in a Z-direction by the zone fiber orientation, wherein said first and third zones are displaced relative to each other and each comprise fibers having portions orientated substantially parallel to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, and said second zone is intermediate and adjacent to said first and third zones, said second zone comprising substantially reoriented fibers that are substantially vertically oriented with respect to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, said tufts at least partially originating in said second side and extending to a distal body-facing portion, the distal body-facing portion being relatively hydrophobic with respect to the second side.
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