Article of commerce including two-piece wearable absorbent article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Elaine Mary Wiggins, Fred Naval Desai
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald Carroll Roe, Elaine Mary Wiggins, Fred Naval Desai
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A wearable absorbent article having features for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates. The article may comprise an outer cover and an absorbent insert. The outer cover may be formed of durable or semi-durable materials and be launderable. The insert may be disposable. The insert may have containment and absorption features that prevent soiling of the outer cover by the wearer's exudates, so that the outer cover may be reused after an exudation event and change of inserts. The insert and/or the outer cover may have features to enhance containment, absorption, economy of materials and/or fit that make them asymmetric about their respective lateral axes, and may have features that direct a user to install the insert and/or the outer cover with correct front-rear orientation relative the wearer. Articles of commerce including packages of outer covers and/or inserts in varying combinations of numbers and features are also described.
An article of commerce, comprising:
First and second articles of commerce, each comprising a package associating one or more reusable outer covers and one or more disposable absorbent inserts, each insert comprising a backsheet that is substantially impervious to liquids, one or more of the inserts comprising a user grasp structure, wherein the user grasp structure extends across a longitudinal axis of the insert, one of the outer covers comprises a garment-facing outer layer comprising a textile, each of the one or more outer covers associated with each package having an outer cover longitudinal length and comprising an outer cover front region, an outer cover rear region, and an outer cover lateral axis between front and rear regions and equally dividing the outer cover longitudinal length, and a first insert fastener component disposed thereon;
First and second articles of commerce, each comprising a package associating one or more reusable outer covers and one or more disposable absorbent inserts, each insert comprising a backsheet that is substantially impervious to liquids, one or more of the inserts comprising a user grasp structure, wherein the user grasp structure extends across a longitudinal axis of the insert, and wherein the user grasp structure extends outwardly from an end edge of the insert and not from a side edge, one of the outer covers comprises a garment-facing outer layer comprising a woven material, each of the one or more outer covers associated with each package having an outer cover longitudinal length and comprising an outer cover front region, an outer cover rear region, and an outer cover lateral axis between front and rear regions and equally dividing the outer cover longitudinal length, and a first insert fastener component disposed thereon;
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