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U.S. Patent No. 12,667,503
August 5, 2026
By: Tara Olivo
Helena Corneliusson, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Peter Axborn, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Filed: 12/29/20Issued: 6/30/26
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 (y1) and a transverse direction along a central transverse axis (x1) extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (y1), 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 and is located only in 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 oblong high basis weight areas of absorbent material alternating with oblong low basis weight areas of absorbent material, the high basis weight areas of absorbent material and the low basis weight areas of absorbent material extending in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article at least in the front portion, but not extending into the back portion, of the absorbent article, wherein the absorbent component in the crotch portion has 51-90% of the total average basis weight of the absorbent material in the absorbent component in the front portion of the absorbent article, and the core comprises a conformance zone with absorbent material in the back portion of the absorbent article having 5-50% of the total average basis weight of the absorbent material in the absorbent component in the front portion of the absorbent article.
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