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US 7,695,461 B2Granted
Drapeable sanitary absorbent napkin
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorsLeonard G. Rosenfeld, Theresa Wysocki, Morris Yang, Marina Nikitina, John Poccia
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Abstract
An absorbent article including a cover layer, a barrier layer and an absorbent system arranged between the cover layer and the barrier layer, the absorbent article being drapeable and possessing the absorbency attributes required of a sanitary napkin.
Claims41
An absorbent article comprising:
- a cover layer;
- a barrier layer;
- an absorbent system arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer;
- wherein said absorbent article has a thickness of less than 2.5 mm;
- wherein the absorbent article has a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having an MCB that is greater than an MCB of said first portion;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of said absorbent article satisfies one of the two following equations:
- AC>18.12−12.11 ln(BW/MCB), where BW/MCB is <3.45;
- and AC>3.0, where BW/MCB is ≧3.45.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a body facing surface;
- a garment facing surface;
- wherein said absorbent article has a thickness of less than 2.5 mm;
- wherein the absorbent article has a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having an MCB that is greater than an MCB of said first portion;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of said absorbent article satisfies one of the two following equations:
- AC>18.12−12.11 ln(BW/MCB), where BW/MCB is <3.45;
- and AC>3.0, where BW/MCB is ≧3.45.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a cover layer;
- a barrier layer;
- an absorbent system arranged between said cover layer and said baffler layer;
- wherein said absorbent article has a thickness of less than 2.5 mm;
- wherein the absorbent article has a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having an MCB that is greater than an MCB of said first portion;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of said absorbent article satisfies one of the two following equations:
- AC>18.12−12.11 ln(BW/MCB), where BW/MCB is <3.45;
- AC>3.0, where BW/MCB is ≧3.45;
- and
- and wherein said absorbent system consists of a layer of superabsorbent material arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer, said layer of superabsorbent material having a basis weight between 100 gsm and 150 gsm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.