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U.S. Patent No. 11,298,276
June 6, 2022
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Deerfield Township, OH; Masaharu Nishikawa, Cincinnati, OH; Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, South Lebanon, OH; and Cornelia Beate Martynus, Nidderau-Ostheim, Germany. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH. Filed: 3/1/17 Issued: 4/12/22 A disposable diaper comprising a length, a front portion, a front end edge, a rear portion, a rear end edge, and a perineal portion between the front portion and the rear portion, the disposable diaper further comprising: a backsheet that is urine impermeable and feces impermeable; a first topsheet that is urine permeable, wherein the first topsheet directly or indirectly overlies at least part of the backsheet, and wherein the first topsheet is disposed in at least the front portion of the disposable diaper; a second topsheet that is urine impermeable and feces impermeable, wherein the second topsheet directly or indirectly overlies at least part of the backsheet, and wherein the second topsheet is disposed only in the perineal portion and the rear portion of the disposable diaper; a left standing longitudinal cuff and a right standing longitudinal cuff, where each of the left standing longitudinal cuff and the right standing longitudinal cuff are urine impermeable and feces impermeable, and extend from the front portion to the rear portion; a transverse perineal barrier that is urine impermeable and feces impermeable, and comprises a first proximal edge, a first left edge, a first right edge, and a first distal edge, wherein the transverse perineal barrier is disposed in the perineal portion of the disposable diaper, wherein the transverse perineal barrier is attached to at least one of the second topsheet or the first topsheet, and wherein the first left edge is attached to the left standing longitudinal cuff, and the first right edge is attached to the right standing longitudinal cuff; a liquid control structure disposed over at least part of the backsheet and between the front end edge and the transverse perineal barrier; and a transverse rear cuff that is urine impermeable and feces impermeable, and comprises a second proximal edge, a second left edge, a second right edge, and a second distal edge, wherein the transverse rear cuff is disposed in the rear portion of the disposable diaper, wherein the second proximal edge is attached to the second topsheet, and wherein the second left edge is attached to the left standing longitudinal cuff, and the second right edge is attached to the right standing longitudinal cuff.
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