08.11.25
Roger B. Quincy, III, Cumming, GA; Andrew T. Hammond, Grand Chute, WI; and Prasad S. Potnis, Johns Creek, GA.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 3/30/15
Issued: 7/1/25
An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising: a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front waist region and the rear waist region; a front waist edge in the front waist region, a rear waist edge in the rear waist region, and a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge each extending from the front waist edge to the rear waist edge; a body facing liner including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the body facing liner including at least one embossment, the embossment including an intersecting slit formation; a backsheet; an absorbent body disposed between the body facing liner and the backsheet; and an acquisition layer including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the acquisition layer including at least one recess, the at least one recess receiving the at least one embossment of the body facing liner in a nested configuration; wherein the body facing liner includes a plurality of embossments and the acquisition layer includes a plurality of recesses, at least some of the plurality of recesses receiving one of the plurality of embossments of the body facing liner in a nested configuration; wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes an intersecting slit formation, wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes a first depth, and wherein the first depth is greater than a greatest slit length in the intersecting slit formation.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 3/30/15
Issued: 7/1/25
An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising: a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front waist region and the rear waist region; a front waist edge in the front waist region, a rear waist edge in the rear waist region, and a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge each extending from the front waist edge to the rear waist edge; a body facing liner including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the body facing liner including at least one embossment, the embossment including an intersecting slit formation; a backsheet; an absorbent body disposed between the body facing liner and the backsheet; and an acquisition layer including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the acquisition layer including at least one recess, the at least one recess receiving the at least one embossment of the body facing liner in a nested configuration; wherein the body facing liner includes a plurality of embossments and the acquisition layer includes a plurality of recesses, at least some of the plurality of recesses receiving one of the plurality of embossments of the body facing liner in a nested configuration; wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes an intersecting slit formation, wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes a first depth, and wherein the first depth is greater than a greatest slit length in the intersecting slit formation.
