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Topsheet for body fluids absorbent article

US6274218A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 1999
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24322
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A topsheet for body fluids absorbent article having a plurality of liquid-pervious apertures, the topsheet including an upper fibrous layer having a relatively low density and a lower fibrous layer having a relatively high density. Around each of the apertures, the first and second fibrous layers are integrated together so that the topsheet has a density progressively increasing from an upper surface towards a lower surface of the topsheet and has, in the proximity of the lower surface, a density further higher than in the second fibrous layer. The topsheet thus formed improves so that an upper surface thereof can be maintained in a dry state during use of the article having the topsheet.

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