Absorbent article

US6103952A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Peter Coles · Kelkheim, DE
• Christopher Bewick-Sonntag · Kelkheim, DE
• Michael Divo · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Helene Karin Costea · Worms, DE
• Rainer Walter Max Schone · Königstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2000
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/535
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article especially adapted for users ranging from walking infants to adults in a predominantly laying-down position includes a layer of absorbent material, wherein the average basis capacity of absorbent material located in a back half section of the layer is higher than the average basis capacity of absorbent material located in the front half section of the layer. A liquid barrier means is located between a transverse centerline of the layer and the waist edge of a back sheet to prevent liquids from leaking to the back waist edge.