01.06.21
Digvijay Rawat, Cincinnati, OH; Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer, Cincinnati, OH; Keith Joseph Stone, Fairfield, OH; Pietro Cecchetto, Fairfield, OH; and Lennie Cruz Murphy, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/2/18
Issued: 12/1/20
A sanitary napkin comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet formed of an apertured film comprising polyethylene, the topsheet forming an outer, wearer-facing surface of the napkin; a secondary layer comprising a fibrous nonwoven material comprising synthetic fibers; the napkin having a front end region, a back end region and a central region, the front and back end regions together constituting between 10% and 30% of the total surface area of the napkin, and the central region constituting between 40% and 80% of the total surface area of the napkin; the topsheet being bonded to the secondary layer by a pattern of bonds present in at least one of the front and rear end regions, wherein said pattern within said at least one of the front and rear end regions comprises a plurality of discrete bonding points, said plurality of discrete bonding points having a sized spacing between adjacent bonding points sufficient to have inscribed therein a circle having a diameter of about 1 mm to about 12 mm.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/2/18
Issued: 12/1/20
A sanitary napkin comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet formed of an apertured film comprising polyethylene, the topsheet forming an outer, wearer-facing surface of the napkin; a secondary layer comprising a fibrous nonwoven material comprising synthetic fibers; the napkin having a front end region, a back end region and a central region, the front and back end regions together constituting between 10% and 30% of the total surface area of the napkin, and the central region constituting between 40% and 80% of the total surface area of the napkin; the topsheet being bonded to the secondary layer by a pattern of bonds present in at least one of the front and rear end regions, wherein said pattern within said at least one of the front and rear end regions comprises a plurality of discrete bonding points, said plurality of discrete bonding points having a sized spacing between adjacent bonding points sufficient to have inscribed therein a circle having a diameter of about 1 mm to about 12 mm.