Absorbent article with composite sheet comprising elastic material

US8235959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Tina Brown (née Lehmann)r · Cincinnati, US
• Alexander Eberhard Unger · Kelkheim, DE
• Alexander Berk · Scheinfeld, DE
• Darrell Ian Brown · Mason, US
• Blanca Arizti · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2012
• Expiry date: May 16, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/15959
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process is claimed for making a composite sheet useful as topsheet with one or more openings to receive fecal material useful for an absorbent article, said composite sheet comprising a wrinkled, patterned elasticized region that comprises a patterned first sheet and an elastic material said first sheet being patterned with troughs, that are typically compacter, i.e. of higher density, prior to attachment to the elastic material. The troughs are attached to the elastic material. The resulting composite sheet has a uniform wrinkle pattern. Also claimed are specific absorbent articles. Also claimed are composite sheets with a specific residual strain and peel force value.