Absorbent article configured for controlled deformation
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorMeijia Ng
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an absorbent article including an absorbent core and at least one barrier structure having a fluid shrinkable string attached thereto, wherein insult of the fluid shrinkable string by the user causes deformation of the peripheral edge of the barrier structure in the z-direction forming a leakage barrier between the user and the peripheral edge of the barrier structure.
Claims20
An absorbent article configured for controlled deformation when insulted by a user, the absorbent article comprising:
- a. an absorbent core having a garment facing surface and a body facing surface;
- b. a deformable barrier structure positioned adjacent to the body facing surface of the absorbent core, the barrier structure having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a longitudinally-extending centerline, a transverse-extending centerline, and a peripheral edge, the barrier structure further comprising at least one deformation enhancing element selected from the group consisting of embossing and perforation;
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- c. a fluid shrinkable string attached to the deformable barrier structure in a pattern capable of providing forces to the barrier structure in both the longitudinal and transverse direction when insulted by a user.
The absorbent article of claim of 3 wherein the two or more fluid shrinkable strings are present as a concave or convex stitching pattern relative to the longitudinal center line of the barrier structure.
An absorbent article configured for controlled deformation when insulted by a user, the absorbent article comprising:
- a. an absorbent core having a garment facing surface and a body facing surface;
- b. a deformable barrier structure adjacent to the body facing surface of the absorbent core, the barrier structure having a peripheral edge and at least one deformation enhancing element selected from the group consisting of embossing and perforation;
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- c. a fluid shrinkable string attached to the deformable barrier structure in a pattern capable of deforming the peripheral edge of the barrier structure in the z-direction to form a raised circumferential bank and a concave portion surrounded by the raised circumferential bank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.