Absorbent article with urine-permeable coversheet

US8016803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Joerg Mueller · Karben, DE
• Cornelia Beate Martynus · Nidderau, DE
• Ralf Geilich · Eppstein, DE
• Simone Seeboth · Schwalbach, DE
• Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Michael Divo · Friedrichsdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/4956
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article having a backsheet, an absorbent core, a topsheet, and a genital coversheet. The topsheet has an opening positioned to allow exuded fecal material to pass therethrough when the article is worn by a wearer. The genital coversheet is positioned across a portion of the aperture and covers the wearer's genitals. A void space is formed between the genital coversheet and the absorbent core and a void space is formed between the topsheet and the absorbent core.