Flexible absorbent article with improved body fit

US8231593B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Yasue Nakagawa · Bad Soden, DE
• Holger Beruda · Schwalbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2030

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, both of which are substantially free of cellulosic fibers. The absorbent article has a Circular Bend Flexibility of less than about 15 N and 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.