Disposable Absorbent Article Employing Odor Reduction Layer Containing Metalphthalocyanine Material
Patent #: 6,960,702
Inventor(s): Yoshihisa Kawakami, Vijay Rajagopalan, Kimio Ueda and Ebranim Rezai
Company: The Procter & Gamble Company
Filed: 2000-10-05
Issued: 2005-11-01
Description:
Patented is a disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet combined with the topsheet, a fluid storage layer disposed between the topsheet and backsheet and a body-facing surface. The article also includes a garment-facing surface opposing the body-facing surface. The fluid storage layer contains a superabsorbent material. An odor reduction layer is located at either the body-facing surface side or the garment-facing surface side of the fluid storage layer. The odor reduction layer contains a metalphthalocyanine material. An isolation means is located between the superabsorbent material and the odor reduction layer for isolating the metalphthalocyanine material from contacting at least a part of the superabsorbent material. The odor reduction layer also comprises a binding agent that is selected from the group consisting of carboxy methyl cellulose, polyurethane, polyfix, polyamine and a mixture thereof.
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