Disposable absorbent article with side lying leakage improvement

US9339420B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David F. Bishop · Appleton, US
• Brooke Ashley Zimmer · Neenah, US
• Angela Ann Johnston · New London, US
• Marcille Faye Ruman · Oshkosh, US
• Stephen Carl Baumgartner · Neenah, US
• Mary Alice Berceau · De Pere, US
• Joseph Daniel Coenen · Neenah, US
• Richard Norris Dodge, II · Appleton, US
• Adrienne Rae Loyd · Neenah, US
• Connie May McMorrow · Menasha, US
• Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt · Neenah, US
• Katherine C. Wheeler · Appleton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2011
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/53795
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.