07.10.17
Miguel Alvaro Robles, Wyoming, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/8/12
Issued: 5/16/17
An absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising: (a) a topsheet having a body contacting surface and a lower surface opposite the body contacting surface, (b) a backsheet joined to the topsheet; and (c) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an upper layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface and a lower layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, the upper layer comprising an open celled foam and the lower layer comprising a fibrous network; (f) wherein the absorbent article has a transverse center line; (g) wherein the upper layer comprises a perimeter comprising two or more discontinuous portions within the perimeter, wherein a first discontinuous portion has a first perimeter, wherein a second discontinuous portion has a second perimeter, wherein the first discontinuous portion and the second discontinuous portion are not in direct contact, wherein each of the two or more discontinuous portions is visibly distinct, and wherein each of the two or more discontinuous portions comprise of an area of at least 150 mm2; (h) wherein the absorbent core upper layer perimeter comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis center axis dividing the absorbent core upper layer perimeter into a section one and a section two; (i) wherein the absorbent core lower layer comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis dividing the absorbent core lower layer into a section one and a section two; and (c) wherein the absorbent core upper layer transverse center line is less than 5 cm from the absorbent article transverse center line along a longitudinal axis.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/8/12
Issued: 5/16/17
An absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising: (a) a topsheet having a body contacting surface and a lower surface opposite the body contacting surface, (b) a backsheet joined to the topsheet; and (c) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an upper layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface and a lower layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, the upper layer comprising an open celled foam and the lower layer comprising a fibrous network; (f) wherein the absorbent article has a transverse center line; (g) wherein the upper layer comprises a perimeter comprising two or more discontinuous portions within the perimeter, wherein a first discontinuous portion has a first perimeter, wherein a second discontinuous portion has a second perimeter, wherein the first discontinuous portion and the second discontinuous portion are not in direct contact, wherein each of the two or more discontinuous portions is visibly distinct, and wherein each of the two or more discontinuous portions comprise of an area of at least 150 mm2; (h) wherein the absorbent core upper layer perimeter comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis center axis dividing the absorbent core upper layer perimeter into a section one and a section two; (i) wherein the absorbent core lower layer comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis dividing the absorbent core lower layer into a section one and a section two; and (c) wherein the absorbent core upper layer transverse center line is less than 5 cm from the absorbent article transverse center line along a longitudinal axis.
