01.06.16
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH; Ronald Bosman Visscher, Cincinnati, OH; Shreedhar Rajpanth Murthy, Cincinnati, OH; and Jeffrey Tupper Roesgen, Anderson Township, OH. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 9/10/13
Issued: 12/1/15
An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet; a longitudinal centerline; a transverse centerline; a first fluid handling zone comprising a first portion of said topsheet and having a first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, wherein said first portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment; a second fluid handling zone comprising a second portion of said topsheet and having a second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, wherein said second portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment; and a third fluid handling zone comprising a third portion of said topsheet, wherein said third portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment, wherein said third portion of said topsheet is on opposite sides of both said transverse centerline and said longitudinal centerline than that of said second portion of said topsheet; wherein said first portion of said topsheet has a different construction than said second portion of said topsheet; wherein said second portion of said topsheet has a different construction than said third portion of said topsheet; and wherein said first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance is at least 50% greater than said second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance.
Filed: 9/10/13
Issued: 12/1/15
An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet; a longitudinal centerline; a transverse centerline; a first fluid handling zone comprising a first portion of said topsheet and having a first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, wherein said first portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment; a second fluid handling zone comprising a second portion of said topsheet and having a second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, wherein said second portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment; and a third fluid handling zone comprising a third portion of said topsheet, wherein said third portion comprises a structurally modified zone that does not include a channel, indentation, dimple or embossment, wherein said third portion of said topsheet is on opposite sides of both said transverse centerline and said longitudinal centerline than that of said second portion of said topsheet; wherein said first portion of said topsheet has a different construction than said second portion of said topsheet; wherein said second portion of said topsheet has a different construction than said third portion of said topsheet; and wherein said first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance is at least 50% greater than said second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance.