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U.S. Patent No. 12,097,098
November 11, 2024
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Peter Axborn, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Helena Corneliusson, Gothenburg, Sweden. Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Akitebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden. Filed: 7/7/20 Issued: 9/24/24 An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, the article having a longitudinal direction along a central longitudinal axis and a transverse direction along a central transverse axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the absorbent article having a front end edge extending in the transverse direction and a back end edge extending in the transverse direction and a first side edge extending in the longitudinal direction and a second side edge extending in the longitudinal direction, the absorbent article comprising a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between the front portion and the back portion, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent component, the absorbent component being enclosed by a core cover, the absorbent component comprising a coherent area, the coherent area having an extension in the longitudinal direction in at least the front portion and the crotch portion of the absorbent article and having an extension in the transverse direction over a full width of the absorbent component inside the core cover, the coherent area having a front edge and a back edge, wherein the absorbent component comprises high density areas of absorbent material alternating with low density areas of absorbent material, the high density areas of absorbent material and the low density areas of absorbent material extending in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, in the front portion or in the crotch portion of the absorbent article, wherein the back portion of the absorbent article comprises a conformance zone, and wherein the coherent area and the conformance zone are separated by an area substantially free from absorbent material.
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