IP Library Granted Patent US 9,872,801
Granted Patent B2
US 9,872,801 · App. 14/034,589 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Zoned topsheet

Inventors: John Lee Hammons (Hamilton, OH); Jody Lynn Hoying (Maineville, OH); Luisa Valerio Gonzalez (Oakley, OH); Sybille Fuchs (Frankfurt, DE)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,872,801
App. No.
14/034,589
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.

Claims (8)

1. An absorbent article comprising:

a. a topsheet comprising:

i. a central region consisting of a combination of a apertured film and a nonwoven;

ii. an intermediate and/or edge region that is laterally outward from said central region, said intermediate and/or edge region consisting of the apertured film;

iii. wherein said nonwoven comprises apertures; and

iv. wherein said apertured film and said nonwoven do not completely overlap with one another; and

b. an absorbent core in facing relationship with said topsheet.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein said topsheet further comprises a plurality of fiber tufts disposed in said intermediate region.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 12188527 · Aug 8, 2008
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