12.07.17
Patrick King Yu Tsang, Hong Kong, China; Andrew Wright, Chesterfield, U.K.; Ian Walker, Chesterfield, U.K.; and Edward Kuo-Shu Chang, Camas, WA.
Assigned to DSG Technology Holdings Ltd., Kwai Chung, N.T., Hong Kong.
Filed: 6/30/14
Issued: 10/10/17
A disposable absorbent article comprising: a central body including an absorbent core, and a front end edge and a rear end edge spaced longitudinally from the front end edge, said end edges defining, at least partially, a front waist portion and a rear waist portion spaced longitudinally from the front waist portion, wherein the absorbent core extends longitudinally between the front waist portion and the rear waist portion and through a lateral centerline of the article that is spaced longitudinally from each of the front waist portion and the rear waist portion, and wherein a longitudinal centerline of the article extends longitudinally through the absorbent core and through the end edges bisecting the lateral centerline; first liquid pervious topsheet, wherein said absorbent core is disposed between the first liquid pervious topsheet and a liquid impervious backsheet; a second topsheet extending across a second topsheet gap that is narrower than a backsheet gap wherein a difference between the second topsheet gap and the backsheet gap results in formation of a reservoir between the absorbent core and a wearer, the reservoir adapted to capture bodily exudates, wherein at least a portion of the reservoir is disposed between the first liquid pervious topsheet and the second topsheet; and a pair of flexible leg wraps extending outwardly from and alongside edges of the absorbent core, the leg wraps each including a plurality of spaced-apart elastic strands separated from the absorbent core by an inelastic zone, wherein the leg wraps and the absorbent core form the reservoir and a plurality of fluid dams are defined at least in part by the plurality of elastic strands during use of the absorbent article, with each fluid dam capable of capturing a volume of liquid waste from passing between the leg wrap and the wearer; and wherein said second topsheet spans laterally between said leg wraps and across said reservoir, said second topsheet being spaced above said first topsheet and said absorbent core, wherein a void is provided above said absorbent core between said first topsheet and said second topsheet; and wherein said first topsheet is disposed between said second topsheet and said absorbent core and said reservoir is disposed above said first topsheet; and wherein the lateral centerline of the article extends laterally through the flexible leg wraps, the second top sheet extending a longitudinal length from the lateral centerline toward the front waist portion and a longitudinal length toward the rear waist portion, and the second topsheet being disposed over a central part of the absorbent core that is spaced longitudinally from the waist portions and disposed about the lateral centerline.
Assigned to DSG Technology Holdings Ltd., Kwai Chung, N.T., Hong Kong.
Filed: 6/30/14
Issued: 10/10/17
A disposable absorbent article comprising: a central body including an absorbent core, and a front end edge and a rear end edge spaced longitudinally from the front end edge, said end edges defining, at least partially, a front waist portion and a rear waist portion spaced longitudinally from the front waist portion, wherein the absorbent core extends longitudinally between the front waist portion and the rear waist portion and through a lateral centerline of the article that is spaced longitudinally from each of the front waist portion and the rear waist portion, and wherein a longitudinal centerline of the article extends longitudinally through the absorbent core and through the end edges bisecting the lateral centerline; first liquid pervious topsheet, wherein said absorbent core is disposed between the first liquid pervious topsheet and a liquid impervious backsheet; a second topsheet extending across a second topsheet gap that is narrower than a backsheet gap wherein a difference between the second topsheet gap and the backsheet gap results in formation of a reservoir between the absorbent core and a wearer, the reservoir adapted to capture bodily exudates, wherein at least a portion of the reservoir is disposed between the first liquid pervious topsheet and the second topsheet; and a pair of flexible leg wraps extending outwardly from and alongside edges of the absorbent core, the leg wraps each including a plurality of spaced-apart elastic strands separated from the absorbent core by an inelastic zone, wherein the leg wraps and the absorbent core form the reservoir and a plurality of fluid dams are defined at least in part by the plurality of elastic strands during use of the absorbent article, with each fluid dam capable of capturing a volume of liquid waste from passing between the leg wrap and the wearer; and wherein said second topsheet spans laterally between said leg wraps and across said reservoir, said second topsheet being spaced above said first topsheet and said absorbent core, wherein a void is provided above said absorbent core between said first topsheet and said second topsheet; and wherein said first topsheet is disposed between said second topsheet and said absorbent core and said reservoir is disposed above said first topsheet; and wherein the lateral centerline of the article extends laterally through the flexible leg wraps, the second top sheet extending a longitudinal length from the lateral centerline toward the front waist portion and a longitudinal length toward the rear waist portion, and the second topsheet being disposed over a central part of the absorbent core that is spaced longitudinally from the waist portions and disposed about the lateral centerline.
