Multi-component topsheets

US10195092B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Amy Lynn Tally · Cold Spring, US
• Theresa Lynn Galie · Cincinnati, US
• George Christopher Dobrin · Mason, US
• Olaf Erik Alexander Isele · Sharonville, US
• Paul Thomas Weisman · Cincinnati, US
• Sharon Ann Young · Mason, US
• Mike P. Purdon · Hebron, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2019
• Expiry date: May 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/8497
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multi-component topsheet for an absorbent article includes a first discrete substrate, a second discrete substrate, and a third discrete substrate, wherein the second discrete substrate is disposed at least partially intermediate the first discrete substrate and the third discrete substrate, wherein the second discrete substrate is joined to the first discrete substrate and the third discrete substrate, wherein the topsheet has a single layer of substrate in about 80% or more of the total area of the topsheet and a dual layer of substrate in about 20% or less of the total area of the topsheet.