# US 9,872,801 B2 · Zoned topsheet

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- Number: US 9,872,801 B2
- Document ID: US9872801B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/034,589
- Filed: 2013-09-24
- Published: 2014-10-02
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2008-08-08
- Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Inventors: John Lee Hammons; Jody Lynn Hoying; Luisa Valerio Gonzalez; Sybille Fuchs
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9872801B2

## CPC

- A61F 13/513: {characterised by its function or properties, e.g. stretchability, breathability, rewet, visual effect;} having areas of different permeability
- A61F 13/4751: {the means preventing fluid flow in a transversal direction}
- A61F 13/476: characterised by encircling the crotch region of the undergarment, e.g. with flaps
- A61F 13/512: characterised by its apertures, e.g. perforations
- A61F 13/51305: {having areas of different permeability}
- A61F 2013/51338: {having improved touch or feeling, e.g. smooth film}
- A61F 2013/51344: {with pile webs or velvet-like tissues}
- A61F 2013/51383: {being adapted for female properties}
- Y10T 428/23929: Edge feature or configured or discontinuous surface
- Y10T 428/2395: Nap type surface
- Y10T 428/24273: including aperture
- Y10T 428/24479: including variation in thickness
- Y10T 428/24777: Edge feature
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An absorbent article comprising:
a. a topsheet comprising:
i. a central region consisting of a combination of a apertured film and a nonwoven;
ii. an intermediate and/or edge region that is laterally outward from said central region, said intermediate and/or edge region consisting of the apertured film;
iii. wherein said nonwoven comprises apertures; and
iv. wherein said apertured film and said nonwoven do not completely overlap with one another; and
b. an absorbent core in facing relationship with said topsheet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein said topsheet further comprises a plurality of fiber tufts disposed in said intermediate region.