Absorbent article with activatable material

US11129919B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Torsten Lindner · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Olaf Erik Alexander Isele · Sharonville, US
• Gueltekin ERDEM · Beijing, CN
• Misael Omar Aviles · Cincinnati, US
• Holger Beruda · Schwalbach, DE
• Jan Claussen · Wiesbaden, DE
• Kelyn Anne Arora · Cincinnati, US
• Nathan Ray Whitely · Monroe, US
• Franz Josef Lanyi · Erlangen, DE
• Dirk Schubert · Eggolsheim, DE
• Barbara Harling Hede · Aalborg, DK
• Thomas Broch · Gistrup, DK
• Morten Rise Hansen · Aalborg, DK
• Brian Udengaard · Tilst, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/51078
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.