Process for making an absorbent article comprising a topsheet/acquisition layer laminate

US10993845B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Rodrigo Rosati · Francavilla al Mare, IT
• Jill Marlene Orr · Monroe, US
• Adrien Greiner · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• James Terry Knapmeyer · Cincinnati, US
• Aniruddha Chatterjee · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2020
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: May 21, 2040

Classification

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

Abstract

A process of making an absorbent article is disclosed. A liquid permeable topsheet web extending substantially continuously in a machine direction a backsheet web, and an intermediate layer are provided. The topsheet web has first and second surfaces. The backsheet web extends substantially continuously in the machine direction. The intermediate layer has a first and second surface. The topsheet and intermediate layer are aligned in a face to face relationship such that the second surface of the topsheet in in contact with the first surface of the intermediate layer and simultaneously mechanically deformed which combines the topsheet with the intermediate layer. The topsheet web and intermediate layer are nested together such that a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the topsheet web coincide with and fit together with a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the intermediate layer to provide a topsheet/intermediate layer laminate web having three-dimensional protrusions.