03.04.21
Dipali Goenka, Mumbai, India; and Pranay Sahu, Mumbai, India.
Assigned to Weslpun India Limited, Maharashtra, India.
Filed: 9/29/16
Issued: 2/2/21
A tampon article, comprising: an outer carrier component including an inner surface that defines an internal void; an absorbent component that is elongate along an axis and is disposed in the internal void, the absorbent component including an outer surface that extends about the axis and faces the inner surface, the absorbent component further including a compressed composite fibrous web that includes a) a web of staple cellulosic fibers, and b) a meltspun web of filaments having a first side, a second side opposed to the first side along a thickness, a length perpendicular to the thickness, and a width perpendicular to the length and the thickness, where the width is greater than the thickness and smaller than the length, wherein the meltspun web of filaments is entangled with the web of staple cellulosic fibers so that the web of staple cellulosic fibers is 1) coplanar with respect to the meltspun web of filaments and 2) extends along an entirety of the length and the entirety of the width of the meltspun web of filaments, wherein the compressed composite fibrous web is compressed in the internal void such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the absorbent component is defined by the meltspun web of filaments.
Assigned to Weslpun India Limited, Maharashtra, India.
Filed: 9/29/16
Issued: 2/2/21
A tampon article, comprising: an outer carrier component including an inner surface that defines an internal void; an absorbent component that is elongate along an axis and is disposed in the internal void, the absorbent component including an outer surface that extends about the axis and faces the inner surface, the absorbent component further including a compressed composite fibrous web that includes a) a web of staple cellulosic fibers, and b) a meltspun web of filaments having a first side, a second side opposed to the first side along a thickness, a length perpendicular to the thickness, and a width perpendicular to the length and the thickness, where the width is greater than the thickness and smaller than the length, wherein the meltspun web of filaments is entangled with the web of staple cellulosic fibers so that the web of staple cellulosic fibers is 1) coplanar with respect to the meltspun web of filaments and 2) extends along an entirety of the length and the entirety of the width of the meltspun web of filaments, wherein the compressed composite fibrous web is compressed in the internal void such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the absorbent component is defined by the meltspun web of filaments.