Absorbent articles having spacer woven fabric
The present disclosure provides an absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet comprising a wearer facing surface and an opposite garment facing surface and a nonwoven, the nonwoven comprising a plurality of apertures, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, the fluid management layer comprising a spacer woven fabric, wherein the nonwoven comprises a first surface forming the wearer facing surface of the topsheet, and a second surface forming the garment facing surface of the topsheet, the first surface having a first contact angle of no lower than about 90 degrees, and wherein the spacer woven fabric comprises a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of yarns interconnecting the first and second faces, wherein the first and second faces are spaced apart from each other.
1 . An absorbent article comprising:
a liquid permeable topsheet having a wearer facing surface and an opposite garment facing surface, wherein the topsheet comprises a nonwoven comprising a plurality of apertures;
a liquid impermeable backsheet;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and
a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, the fluid management layer comprising a spacer woven fabric,
wherein the nonwoven comprises a first surface forming the wearer facing surface of the topsheet, and a second surface forming the garment facing surface of the topsheet, the first surface having a first contact angle of no lower than about 90 degrees as measured according to Contact Angle Test, and
wherein the spacer woven fabric comprises a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of yarns interconnecting the top face and the bottom face, wherein the top and bottom faces are spaced apart from each other.
2 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the nonwoven comprises a first layer comprising hydrophobic fibers.
3 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the nonwoven has a second contact angle of no lower than about 90 degrees as measured according to Contact Angle Test.
4 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the nonwoven has a second contact angle of lower than about 90 degrees as measured according to Contact Angle Test.
5 . The absorbent article according to claim 4 , wherein the nonwoven comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein the second layer comprises hydrophilic fibers, wherein the second layer forms the garment facing surface of the topsheet.
6 . The absorbent article according to claim 5 , wherein the nonwoven has unitary structure.
7 . The absorbent article according to claim 5 , wherein the nonwoven is a laminate comprising the first and second layers.
8 . The absorbent article according to claim 4 , wherein the difference between the first contact angle and the second angle is at least about 10 degrees as measured according to Contact Angle Test.
9 . The absorbent article according to claim 2 , wherein the first layer has a basis weight no greater than 14 gsm.
10 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of apertures comprise at least one aperture having at least three adjacent apertures that are spaced apart from by an edge-to-edge space no greater than about 2.5 mm.
11 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein each of the yarns comprise about 2-60 filaments.
12 . The absorbent article according to claim 11 , wherein the filaments have a fineness of about 1.5-10 dtcx.
13 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the top face of the spacer woven fabric comprises openings, the openings have an opening area no less than about 0.2 mm 2 as measured according to Spacer Woven Fabric Dimension Test.
14 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer woven fabric has a caliper in the range of from about 1.0 mm to about 2.5 mm as measured according to Spacer Woven Fabric Dimension Test.
15 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises superabsorbent polymers.
16 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article further comprises an additional fluid acquisition and/or distribution layer between the topsheet and the fluid management layer.