Granted Patent B2

US 12,403,048 · App. 17/489,832 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Maja Wciorka (Braunschweig, DE); Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer (Hofheim, DE); Udo Friedel Schoenborn (Bad Soden, DE)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

A61F13/539A61F13/495A61F13/496A61F13/536A61F2013/5307A61F2013/53908

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. An absorbent article, comprising:

a front waist region;

a back waist region;

a crotch region positioned between the front waist region and the back waist region;

a topsheet;

a backsheet;

an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent core comprising absorbent particulate polymer material and wood pulp; and

wherein a cavity is defined in the absorbent core;

wherein absorbent particulate polymer material is present in the cavity;

wherein the cavity comprises a first channel extending in a first direction;

wherein the cavity comprises a second channel extending in a second, different direction;

wherein the first direction is transverse to the second direction, and

wherein a portion of the first channel overlaps a portion of the second channel;

wherein the cavity is discrete and is defined in and bounded by absorbent zones; and

wherein the absorbent particulate polymer material in the cavity has a lower basis weight than other absorbent particulate polymer material in the absorbent core and not in the cavity.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the first channel is formed in the same area in the cavity as a first portion of the second channel in the cavity.

3. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the first channel overlaps a first portion of the second channel.

4. The absorbent article of claim 3 , wherein a second portion of the first channel is free from overlap with a second portion of the second channel.

5. The absorbent article of claim 4 , wherein the first channel has a positive slope with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the absorbent article.

6. The absorbent article of claim 5 , wherein the second channel has a negative slope with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the absorbent article.

7. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the first channel has substantially the same length as the second channel.

8. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the first channel has substantially the same width as at least a portion of the second channel.

9. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a first width of the front waist region, taken in a direction parallel to a central lateral axis of the absorbent article, is wider than a second width of the crotch region, taken in a direction parallel to the central lateral axis of the absorbent article.

10. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising front ear panels in the front waist region.

11. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising rear ear panels in the rear waist region and comprising a landing zone in the front waist region.

12. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising an elastic waist feature in the rear waist region.

13. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising elasticized leg cuffs.

14. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising a core wrap surrounding the absorbent particulate polymer material and wood pulp, wherein the core wrap comprises a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer.

15. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article is a taped diaper.

16. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the basis weight of the absorbent particulate polymer material in the absorbent core varies in regions about the cavity.

17. An absorbent article, comprising:

a front waist region;

a back waist region;

a crotch region positioned between the front waist region and the back waist region;

a topsheet;

a backsheet;

an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent core comprising absorbent particulate polymer material and wood pulp; and

wherein a cavity is defined in the absorbent core;

wherein at least a portion of the absorbent particulate polymer material in the absorbent core is in the cavity;

wherein the portion of the absorbent particulate polymer material in the cavity has a lower basis weight than other absorbent particulate polymer material in the absorbent core and not in the cavity;

wherein the cavity comprises a first channel extending in a first direction;

wherein the cavity comprises a second channel extending in a second, different direction; and

wherein the cavity is discrete and is defined in and bounded by absorbent zones.

18. The absorbent article of claim 17 , wherein the first channel has substantially the same length as the second channel, and wherein at least a portion of the first channel has substantially the same width as at least a portion of the second channel.

19. The absorbent article of claim 17 , wherein a first width of the front waist region, taken in a direction parallel to a central lateral axis of the absorbent article, is wider than a second width of the crotch region, taken in a direction parallel to the central lateral axis of the absorbent article.

20. The absorbent article of claim 17 , comprising:

front ear panels in the front waist region;

rear ear panels in the rear waist region;

a landing zone in the front waist region;

an elastic waist feature in the rear waist region; and

elasticized leg cuffs;

wherein the absorbent article is a taped diaper.

Continuity (2)

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