Disposable absorbent articles with masking topsheet having one or more openings providing a passageway to a void space

US7794440B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Anja Schuehle (Née Hoffmann) · Hofheim, DE
• Joerg Mueller · Karben, DE
• Heike Opper · Bad Soden, DE
• Georg Pescher · Bad Soden, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/8405
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, training pants, adult incontinence article, having a specific topsheet with an opening to receive bowel movement waste (BM) and which is such that it masks the waste present underneath said topsheet. The topsheet is air permeable and it has a uniform pore size distribution with small pores only and it has a low surface energy and therefore an alcohol repellency of at least 7, typically at least 9 or even preferably 10.