10.03.24
Misael Omar Aviles, Cincinnati, OH; Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH; Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH; Lennie Cruz Murphy, Cincinnati, OH; Adrien Grenier, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH; and Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/19/19
Issued: 8/6/24
An absorbent article in the form of a feminine hygiene pad, comprising a liquid permeable unitary topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent structure disposed between the unitary topsheet and the backsheet, the unitary topsheet having a lateral axis, a longitudinal axis and an in-use wearer-facing portion having an elongate outer perimeter, the article flanked by two wing portions opposingly laterally extending from the article, being substantially without any portion of the absorbent structure, and being delineated from other portions of the article by a line connecting two inflection points of an outer perimeter of the article, the unitary topsheet at least partially forming the wing portions; wherein the unitary topsheet is formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material comprising an accumulation of filaments and having an absorbent-facing side and a wearer-facing side, the wearer-facing side comprising an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein at least a portion of the zones extend onto the wing portions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weight corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement; wherein the article is configured to exhibit a Rewet of no greater than 0.50 g; and wherein the article is configured to exhibit an Acquisition Time of no greater than 25 seconds.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/19/19
Issued: 8/6/24
An absorbent article in the form of a feminine hygiene pad, comprising a liquid permeable unitary topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent structure disposed between the unitary topsheet and the backsheet, the unitary topsheet having a lateral axis, a longitudinal axis and an in-use wearer-facing portion having an elongate outer perimeter, the article flanked by two wing portions opposingly laterally extending from the article, being substantially without any portion of the absorbent structure, and being delineated from other portions of the article by a line connecting two inflection points of an outer perimeter of the article, the unitary topsheet at least partially forming the wing portions; wherein the unitary topsheet is formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material comprising an accumulation of filaments and having an absorbent-facing side and a wearer-facing side, the wearer-facing side comprising an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein at least a portion of the zones extend onto the wing portions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weight corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement; wherein the article is configured to exhibit a Rewet of no greater than 0.50 g; and wherein the article is configured to exhibit an Acquisition Time of no greater than 25 seconds.
