10.08.20
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Kathy Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Cincinnati, OH; Blanca Arizti, Schmitten, Germany; Julia Boesel, Hanau, Germany; Aniruddha Chatterjee, Kelkheim, Germany; Nelson Edward Greening, II, Cincinnati, OH; Sharon Irene Grenberg, Fairfield, OH; Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim, Germany; Cornelia Beate Martynus, Schwalbach, Germany; Marie Brigid O’Reilly, Cincinnati, OH; Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Sandra Sautter, Schwalbach, Germany; Beate Simon, Eschborn, Germany; Lutz Stelzig, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/12/18
Issued: 9/8/20
An absorbent article comprising: a central longitudinal axis; a total longitudinal length extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region positioned intermediate the front waist region and the rear waist region, wherein the front waist region, the rear waist region, and the crotch region each define 1⁄3 of the total longitudinal length of the absorbent article; a liquid permeable material; a liquid impermeable material; an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable material and the liquid impermeable material and comprising an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is positioned within a core wrap, wherein the absorbent material comprises superabsorbent polymers, wherein the absorbent core defines a first channel, wherein the absorbent core defines a second channel, and wherein the first and second channels are free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis; and a liquid management system positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable material and the core wrap, wherein the liquid management system is free of any superabsorbent polymers, wherein the liquid management system defines a third channel and a fourth channel, wherein the third and fourth channels each extend into the front waist region, and wherein the third and fourth channels are free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis; wherein the first channel has a first longitudinal length taken in the direction generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the third channel has a second longitudinal length taken in the direction generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and wherein the first longitudinal length is greater than the second longitudinal length.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/12/18
Issued: 9/8/20
An absorbent article comprising: a central longitudinal axis; a total longitudinal length extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region positioned intermediate the front waist region and the rear waist region, wherein the front waist region, the rear waist region, and the crotch region each define 1⁄3 of the total longitudinal length of the absorbent article; a liquid permeable material; a liquid impermeable material; an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable material and the liquid impermeable material and comprising an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is positioned within a core wrap, wherein the absorbent material comprises superabsorbent polymers, wherein the absorbent core defines a first channel, wherein the absorbent core defines a second channel, and wherein the first and second channels are free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis; and a liquid management system positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable material and the core wrap, wherein the liquid management system is free of any superabsorbent polymers, wherein the liquid management system defines a third channel and a fourth channel, wherein the third and fourth channels each extend into the front waist region, and wherein the third and fourth channels are free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis; wherein the first channel has a first longitudinal length taken in the direction generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the third channel has a second longitudinal length taken in the direction generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and wherein the first longitudinal length is greater than the second longitudinal length.