Disposable absorbent article having fecal management layer

US6822134B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Gabriele Stiehl · Schwalbach, DE
• Ludwig Busam · Idstein, DE
• Jörg Müller · Karben, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2481
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention is a disposable absorbent article having a backsheet and a fecal management member joined to the backsheet. The fecal management member includes a backing and a sheet of fibers. The sheet of fibers have anchor portions in the backing at spaced bonding locations and have arcuate portions of the sheet projecting from the backing between bonding locations. The sheet of fibers includes additional fibers which are joined to at least some of the arcuate portions.