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Absorbent Article With Improved Performance

U.S. Patent No. 12,514,762

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH; and Gerard Alain Viens, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.


Filed: 3/13/24
Issued: 1/6/26

A disposable absorbent article comprising: a nonwoven topsheet comprising a lateral axis, a longitudinal axis, and an in-use wearer-facing portion having an elongate outer perimeter, wherein the topsheet is formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material comprising an accumulation of filaments and having an absorbent-facing side and a wearer-facing side, the wearer-facing side comprising an ordered arrangement of zones, wherein each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, and wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the one or more built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, wherein the difference in basis weight corresponds to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; an integrated nonwoven fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, wherein the fluid management layer comprises a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm as determined by the Localized Basis Weight method, 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers as determined by the Material Composition Analysis method. 

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