Multiple zone apertured web
View Patent ↗The invention provides an apertured web comprising multiple, discrete zones comprising arrangements of land areas and at least two apertures.
1. An apertured web comprising a first zone having a first arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures having the same size and shape as each other, and a second zone having a second arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures having the same size and shape as each other, but different in size or shape than the apertures of the first zone, wherein the first arrangement does not continue into the second zone and the second arrangement does not continue into the first zone.
2. The web of claim 1 wherein the web comprises a film.
3. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is regular.
4. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is irregular.
5. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is repeating.
6. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is nonrepeating.
7. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is geometric.
8. The web of claim 1 wherein the web comprises fibers.
9. The web of claim 8 wherein the web comprises staple fibers.
10. The web of claim 8 wherein the web comprises a nonwoven fabric.
11. The web of claim 1 wherein the web is a composite of a film and a nonwoven fabric.
12. The web of claim 1 wherein the first arrangement is morphed along a boundary between the first zone and the second zone.
13. The web of claim 1 further comprising at least one third zone comprising a third arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures.
14. An absorbent article comprising an apertured web comprising a first zone having a first arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures having the same size and shape as each other, and a second zone having a second arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures having the same size and shape as each other, but different in size or shape than the apertures of the first zone, wherein the first arrangement does not continue into the second zone and the second arrangement does not continue into the first zone.
15. The absorbent article of claim 14 wherein the absorbent article is a sanitary napkin.
16. The absorbent article of claim 14 wherein the absorbent article is a diaper.
17. The absorbent article of claim 14 wherein the absorbent article is a tampon.
18. The absorbent article of claim 14 wherein the apertured web comprises a body-facing topsheet.
19. The absorbent article of claim 14 , wherein said apertured web further comprises at least one third zone comprising a third arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures.
20. An apertured web comprising a first zone comprising a first arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures, and a second zone comprising a second arrangement of land areas and at least two apertures, wherein the first arrangement does not continue into the second zone the second arrangement does not continue into the first zone, and said first arrangement is morphed along a boundary between the first zone and the second zone.