Article having improved fecal storage structure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Cheryl D. Fox, Aleksey M. Pinyayev
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Abstract
An absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid pervious backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet, and a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of the crotch region. The waste management element preferably includes an acceptance element having an effective open area of at least about 30 percent and a storage element having a compressive resistance of at least about 70 percent.
Claims15
A disposable absorbent article for wearing on or about a lower torso of a wearer for receiving bodily exudates, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet;
- an acceptance element having an effective open area of at least about 30% and an Acceptance Under Pressure value of greater than about 0.70 grams of a viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the acceptance element per milliJoule of energy input;
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- a storage element disposed between at least a portion of the acceptance element and the backsheet, the storage element having a compressive resistance of at least about 70%, and a Storage Under Pressure value of greater than about 0.70 grams of the viscous fluid bodily waste per square inch of the storage element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.