Article having a lotioned topsheet
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
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Abstract
A feminine hygiene garment containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a nonuniform pattern of a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition is semi-solid or solid at 20° C. and is partially transferable to the wearer's skin. The lotion composition is applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such that there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion. In one embodiment the nonuniform pattern is a plurality of stripes of lotion that are separated by a plurality of stripes having no lotion.
Claims19
A feminine hygiene garment comprising:
- A) a menses impervious backsheet;
- B) a menses pervious topsheet joined to said backsheet, said topsheet having an inner surface oriented toward the interior of said garment and an outer surface oriented toward the skin of the wearer when said garment is being worn, said topsheet outer surface comprises a nonuniform pattern of a lotion coating which is semi-solid or solid at 20° C. and which is partially transferable to the wearer's skin;
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- C) an absorbent core for retaining menses, said absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet;
- wherein said nonuniform pattern is comprised of applying said lotion coating to said topsheet in the form of a plurality of stripes that are separated by one or more stripes having no lotion.
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