ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH INCREASED COMFORTABILITY
An absorbent product with a plane extension having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction, includes an absorption body. The absorption body includes, in its thickness direction, a liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer and a liquid-absorbent fibrous layer. The liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has a total surface in the plane extension of the product that covers the entire surface of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer in the plane extension; each of the longitudinally extending side edges of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer extends at least along a part of its length outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer; and has an opacity greater than 35% and an absorption capacity lower than 0.15 of a gram of liquid/cm 3 dry test material measured according to the CRC material layer method. The liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer has a bending stiffness greater than 2.0 newtons measured according to the modified Circular Bend Procedure method.
1 . An absorbent product with a plane extension having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction, the product comprises an absorption body comprising, in its thickness direction, a liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer and a liquid-absorbent fibrous layer,
wherein the open-cell liquid-receiving foam layer and the liquid-absorbent fibrous layer comprise two opposite, longitudinally running side edges extending in the longitudinal direction and two opposite transverse edges extending in the transverse direction,
wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has a total surface in the plane extension of the product that covers the entire surface of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer in the plane extension,
wherein each of the longitudinally extending side edges of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer extends at least along a part of its length outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer,
wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has an opacity greater than 35% and an absorption capacity lower than 0.15 of a gram of liquid/cm 3 dry test material measured according to the CRC material layer method, and
wherein the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer has a bending stiffness greater than 2.0 newtons measured according to the modified Circular Bend Procedure method.
2 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has a bending stiffness lower than 0.30 newtons measured in accordance with the modified Circular Bend Procedure method.
3 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has an average density less than 40 kg/m 3 .
4 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-absorbing fibrous layer has an average density in the dry state that is at least 3 times greater than the average density of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer in the dry state.
5 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer extends at least 5.0 millimetres outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbing, fibrous layer.
6 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer extends outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbing, fibrous layer along its entire length.
7 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the total surface of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer in its plane extension is at least 1.7 times as great as the total surface of the liquid-absorbing, fibrous layer in the plane extension of the product.
8 . The absorbent product according to claim 7 , wherein the total surface of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer in its plane extension is at least 2.0 times as great as the total surface of the liquid-absorbing, fibrous layer in the plane extension of the product.
9 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has an opacity greater than 50%.
10 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the product comprises a liquid-permeable surface material and a backsheet material that is liquid-tight, wherein the absorption body is arranged between the liquid-permeable surface material; and the liquid-tight backsheet material, and
wherein the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer is placed against the liquid-permeable surface material and the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer is placed against the liquid-tight backsheet material.
11 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , further comprises a front part, a back part and a crotch part located between the back part and the front part,
wherein the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer extends in the longitudinal direction of the product over the crotch part and at least a little over the front part and has a width (M) in the transition between the crotch part and the front part which is less than 40 mm, and
wherein the side edges of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer diverge in the direction from the transition between the crotch part and the front part to at least a little over the front part.
12 . The absorbent product according to claim 1 , wherein the absorbent product is a sanitary napkin, a panty liner or an incontinence protector.