Absorbent article with containment barrier

US8859843B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Johannson Jimmy Tee, Jr. · Sharonville, US
• Olaf Erik Alexander Isele · Sharonville, US
• Calvin Hoi Wung Cheng · Cincinnati, US
• Rajeev Chhabra · Mason, US
• DeeAnn Ling Nelson · Mooresville, US
• Kemal Vatansever Catalan · Chillicothe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2014
• Expiry date: May 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/51064
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of longitudinal barrier cuffs attached to the chassis. Each longitudinal cuff is formed of a web of material having first and second opposing surfaces and comprising a nonwoven component layer comprising fibers having a number-average diameter of less than about 1 micron, a mass-average diameter of less than about 1.5 microns, and a ratio of the mass-average diameter to the number-average diameter less than about 2. The absorbent article further comprises a hydrophobic coating disposed on at least one surface of the web of material.