Flexible absorbent article with improved body fit

US7837662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Yasue Nakagawa · Bad Soden, DE
• Holger Beruda · Schwalbach, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/530547
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article that has a thin, conformable absorbent core where the core has at least two layers, both of which includes (different) superabsorbent material and both being typically substantially free of cellulosic fibers is described. The absorbent article has a Circular Bend Flexibility of less than about 15 N and typically a an acquisition rate on the third gush of less than about 170 seconds and/or on the fourth gush of less than about 190 seconds.