Feminine Hygiene Article with Improved Liquid Handling:

Palani Raj R. Wallajapet, Neenah, WI; Fehime Vatansever, Neenah, WI; Cynthia S. Krueger, Winneconne, WI; and Richmond R. Cohen, Appleton, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.

Filed: 5/31/18
Issued: 1/28/25

An absorbent article having a liquid-handling system, the article comprising: a liquid permeable bodyside liner; a liquid impermeable outer cover; an absorbent core free of superabsorbent material disposed between the liner and the outer cover, wherein the absorbent core has a longitudinal direction, wherein the absorbent core includes multiple layers of a three-dimensionally patterned, wetlaid, cellulosic tissue nonwoven material, and wherein each of the layers includes embossed grooves forming longitudinally extending ridges and grooves, the longitudinally extending ridges and grooves of adjacent layers being nested together, wherein the embossed grooves having a greater density than the ridges; and a transfer layer disposed between the absorbent core and the liquid permeable bodyside liner, the transfer layer formed of a nonwoven web of synthetic fibers.