Absorbent article with leg gasketing cuff
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJeromy Thomas Raycheck, Lisa Jane Goodlander, Lisa Maria Grinkemeyer, Jessica Lee Mosman, Jason Edward Naylor, LeAnne Nichole Phillips
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff material edge.
Claims32
A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- 1.) a topsheet;
- 2.) a backsheet;
- 3.) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
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- 4.) a leg gasketing system, wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff;
- wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge;
- wherein the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge,
- wherein the leg gasketing system extends from the first waist edge to the second waist edge and is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region,
- wherein the inner cuff has an air permeability of less than about 50 m3/m2/min and the outer cuff has an air permeability of greater than about 5 m3/m2/min.
The disposable absorbent article 1, wherein the inner cuff is two layers.
A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- 1.) a topsheet;
- 2.) a backsheet;
- 3.) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
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- 4.) a leg gasketing system, wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff;
- wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge;
- wherein the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge,
- wherein the leg gasketing system extends from the first waist edge to the second waist edge and is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region,
- wherein the inner cuff has a WVTR of less than about 5500 g/m2/24 hrs and the outer cuff has a WVTR of greater than about 4250 g/m2/24 hrs.
The disposable absorbent article 17, wherein the inner cuff is two layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.