07.09.20
Peter Rönnberg, Göteborg, Sweden; and Philip Blomström, Göteborg, Sweden.
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Göteborg, Sweden.
Filed: 12/5/16
Issued: 6/9/20
An absorbent product comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product, between a front edge and a rear edge; longitudinally extending side edges; a front end portion; a rear end portion; and an intermediate portion located between the front and rear portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core, and said absorbent core comprising: an absorbent fibrous layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid inlet foam layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid permeable topsheet, and a carrier layer arranged between the liquid inlet foam layer and the absorbent fibrous layer, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer includes a transversally central region extending along the entire longitudinal length of the absorbent core and having longitudinally extending side edges, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer comprises a plurality of slits arranged in a pattern, which covers the transversally central region such that, in a part of said transversally central region within the intermediate portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of dilated slit openings, and, in a part of said transversally central region within one or both of the front end portion and rear end portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of non-dilated slits.
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Göteborg, Sweden.
Filed: 12/5/16
Issued: 6/9/20
An absorbent product comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product, between a front edge and a rear edge; longitudinally extending side edges; a front end portion; a rear end portion; and an intermediate portion located between the front and rear portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core, and said absorbent core comprising: an absorbent fibrous layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid inlet foam layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid permeable topsheet, and a carrier layer arranged between the liquid inlet foam layer and the absorbent fibrous layer, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer includes a transversally central region extending along the entire longitudinal length of the absorbent core and having longitudinally extending side edges, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer comprises a plurality of slits arranged in a pattern, which covers the transversally central region such that, in a part of said transversally central region within the intermediate portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of dilated slit openings, and, in a part of said transversally central region within one or both of the front end portion and rear end portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of non-dilated slits.
