Absorbent particles, especially catamenials, having improved fluid directionality, comfort and fit

US5356405A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Hugh A. Thompson · Lancaster, US
• Gerald Alfred Young · Lawrenceburg, US
• Thomas Ward Osborn, III · Cincinnati, US
• Charles W. Chappell · Sharonville, US
• John Lee Hammons · Hamilton, US
• James C. Horney · Cincinnati, US
• Lee M. Hines · Wyoming, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 1993
• Grant date: Oct 18, 1994
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/8491
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Absorbent articles, especially sanitary napkins, contain fibers with intra-fiber capillary channels. In-use, the capillary channel fibers direct menses to a storage layer, thereby minimizing product failure and staining of undergarments. The capillary channel fibers can protrude into, or through, a topsheet to provide very aggressive transport of vaginal discharges.