08.02.22
Christopher Nelson, Hiram, GA.
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL.
Filed: 3/5/20
Issued: 7/5/22
An absorbent article, comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user; an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface; a liquid impervious backsheet positioned distally from the absorbent material and topsheet, the backsheet comprising a through aperture having a perimeter; a cover positioned on a surface of the backsheet and covering the backsheet aperture, the cover comprising: a base layer overlapping with at least a portion of the backsheet; an adhesive layer in a window frame shape around a perimeter of the base layer for adhering the base layer to the surface of the backsheet; an outer layer adhered to, and covering, an outer surface of the base layer; a finger lift portion positioned on the outer layer; a separation layer non-releasably attached to the backsheet around the entire perimeter of the backsheet aperture and extending at least partially across the backsheet aperture between the cover and the absorbent material; wherein the cover is releasably attached to the backsheet such that the backsheet aperture may be selectively uncovered without removing the absorbent article from the user.
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL.
Filed: 3/5/20
Issued: 7/5/22
An absorbent article, comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user; an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface; a liquid impervious backsheet positioned distally from the absorbent material and topsheet, the backsheet comprising a through aperture having a perimeter; a cover positioned on a surface of the backsheet and covering the backsheet aperture, the cover comprising: a base layer overlapping with at least a portion of the backsheet; an adhesive layer in a window frame shape around a perimeter of the base layer for adhering the base layer to the surface of the backsheet; an outer layer adhered to, and covering, an outer surface of the base layer; a finger lift portion positioned on the outer layer; a separation layer non-releasably attached to the backsheet around the entire perimeter of the backsheet aperture and extending at least partially across the backsheet aperture between the cover and the absorbent material; wherein the cover is releasably attached to the backsheet such that the backsheet aperture may be selectively uncovered without removing the absorbent article from the user.