Flexible absorbent article with improved body fit

US7851669B2 · 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: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: May 27, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/530481
• 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, each including a different superabsorbent material, and each being typically substantially free of cellulosic fibers, is described. The absorbent article has a Circular Bend Flexibility of less than about 15 N. The core includes a storage layer and an acquisition/storage layer each a specific basis capacity of and absorption efficiency.