Absorbent article with leg cuffs

US10485710B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Abhishek Prakash Surushe · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Jeromy Thomas Raycheck · South Lebanon, US
• Zachary Aaron Freije · Milford, US
• Cornelia Beate Martynus · Nidderau, DE
• Donald Carroll Roe · Sharonville, US
• Christopher Erin Kiger · Pinecrest Estates, US
• Wolfgang Huhn · Blue Ash, US
• Mark James Kline · Okeana, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/49092
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a pocket. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.