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US 8,556,875 · App. 11/657,316 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Absorbent laminate and disposable absorbent article

Inventors: Yuki Takahashi (Tsurugi-cho, JP); Akiko Tatsukawa (Tsurugi-cho, JP)
Assignee: Livedo Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,556,875
App. No.
11/657,316
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides an absorbent laminate for absorbing a body fluid and usable for a disposable absorbent article, in which the absorbent laminate comprises an upper layer absorbent body and a lower layer absorbent body, the upper layer absorbent body has at least one opening part extended continuously or discontinuously in the longitudinal direction of the upper layer absorbent body, and the maximum width W 1 of the opening part is 40% or less of the minimum width W 2 of the upper layer absorbent body. The invention also provides a disposable absorbent article provided with the absorbent laminate.

Claims (31)

1. An absorbent laminate for absorbing a body fluid and usable for a disposable absorbent article, the absorbent laminate consisting of an upper layer absorbent body, a lower layer absorbent body, an upper layer sheet, and a lower layer sheet, wherein

the upper layer absorbent body and the lower layer absorbent body are respectively made of fiber aggregates containing 20% by weight or more of highly water-absorbent resin powder,

the upper layer absorbent body has at least one opening part extended continuously or discontinuously in the longitudinal direction of the upper layer absorbent body,

the maximum width W 1 of the opening part is 40% or less of the minimum width W 2 of the upper layer absorbent body,

the upper layer sheet is disposed on the upper layer absorbent body so as to cover the opening part of the upper layer absorbent body and is bonded to the upper layer absorbent body, and

the lower layer sheet is folded upward from both side parts of the lower layer absorbent body to the upper face of the lower layer absorbent body, and the lower layer absorbent body is entirely wrapped with the lower layer sheet.

2. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer absorbent body has two or more opening parts which are arranged right and left symmetrically on both sides of the center line along the longitudinal direction of the upper layer absorbent body and has fiber aggregates on the center line along the longitudinal direction of the upper layer absorbent body.

3. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the opening part is arranged unevenly in either one of edge sides along the width direction.

4. A disposable absorbent article comprising the absorbent laminate according to claim 1 .

5. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the lower layer sheet on the top face of the lower layer absorbent body is colored with a color other than white color.

6. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer sheet and the lower layer sheet are hydrophilic or liquid-permeable.

7. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein one of both of the upper and lower layer sheets and one or both of the upper and lower layer absorbent bodies are bonded.

8. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the opening part is arranged unevenly toward a front belly part.

9. The absorbent laminate according to claim 1 , wherein:

the upper layer absorbent body is composed of a single layer, and

the lower layer absorbent body is composed of another single layer.

10. An absorbent laminate for absorbing a body fluid and usable for a disposable absorbent article, the absorbent laminate consisting of an upper layer absorbent body, a lower layer absorbent body, an upper layer sheet, and a lower layer sheet, wherein

the upper layer absorbent body is composed of a single layer,

the lower layer absorbent body is composed of another single layer,

the upper layer absorbent body and the lower layer absorbent body are respectively made of fiber aggregates containing 20% by weight or more of highly water-absorbent resin powder,

the upper later absorbent body has at least one opening part extended continuously or discontinuously in the longitudinal direction of the upper later absorbent body,

the maximum width W 1 of the opening part is 40% or less of the minimum width W 2 of the upper layer absorbent body,

the upper layer sheet is disposed on the upper layer absorbent body so as to cover the opening part of the upper layer absorbent body, and

the lower layer sheet is folded upward from both side parts of the lower layer absorbent body to the upper face of the lower layer absorbent body, and the lower layer absorbent body is entirely wrapped with the lower layer sheet.

11. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein the upper layer absorbent body has two or more opening parts which are arranged right and left symmetrically on both sides of the center line among the longitudinal direction of the upper later absorbent body and has fiber aggregates on the center line along the longitudinal direction of the upper layer absorbent body.

12. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein the opening part is arranged unevenly in either one of edge sides along the width direction.

13. A disposable absorbent article comprising the absorbent laminate according to claim 10 .

14. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein the lower layer sheet on the top face of the lower layer absorbent body is colored with a color other than white color.

15. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein the upper layer sheet and the lower layer sheet are hydrophilic or liquid-permeable.

16. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein one or both of the upper and lower later sheets and one or both of the upper and lower layer absorbent bodies are bonded.

17. The absorbent laminate according to claim 10 , wherein the opening part is arranged unevenly toward a front belly part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2007
From: TAKAHASHI, YUKI; TATSUKAWA, AKIKO
To: LIVEDO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-021214 · Jan 30, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070179469A1 · Aug 2, 2007