John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH; Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH; Dean Larry DuVal, Lebanon, OH; Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, Cincinnati, OH; and Rajeev Chhabra, Mason, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 12/17/19
Issued: 9/7/21

A nonwoven web for use in absorbent articles, the nonwoven web comprising: a first nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of fibers, a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, wherein the second side comprises a plurality of discontinuities, wherein the first nonwoven layer comprises a hydrophobic additive, wherein the hydrophobic additive is in the form of
fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the first plurality of fibers, wherein the fibrils have a color which is different than that of the first plurality of fibers; and a second nonwoven layer comprising a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer and above the first side of the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first woven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.