Absorbent articles with channels

US9987176B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Donald Carroll Roe · Sharonville, US
• Aniruddha Chatterjee · Kelkheim, DE
• Nelson Edward Greening, II · Cincinnati, US
• Sharon Irene Grenberg · Dumontville, US
• Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer · Hofheim, DE
• Cornelia Beate Martynus · Nidderau, DE
• Marie Brigid O'Reilly · Cincinnati, US
• Rodrigo Rosati · Francavilla al Mare, IT
• Sandra Sautter · Schwalbach, DE
• Beate Simon · Eschborn, DE
• Lutz Stelzig · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Rachael Eden Walther · Morganfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/53734
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.