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U.S. Patent No. 11,160,696
December 3, 2021
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Clarence Wheeler, Atlanta, GA. Filed: 3/14/19 Issued: 11/2/21 An absorbent article comprising: a first non-permeable layer having an elastic placement portion; a second non-permeable layer; an elastic material disposed within said elastic placement portion comprising one or more components; a dashed swirled slit formed on said second non-permeable layer configured to allocate a user to bifurcate said second non-permeable layer from first non-permeable layer in response to the user pulling a tab a predetermine direction; an adhesive tab affixed to said second non-permeable layer; the article having a first portion formed of a material; the article having a second portion formed of a material different than said first portion; said second portion comprises an adhesive strip disposed on a surface for coupling to said first portion; wherein the first non-permeable layer composes a respective dashed slit formed around a surface arranged at a circular direction approximately 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm above a base region of the first non-permeable layer, whereas the dashed slit respectively corresponds with a dash slit of an absorbent core, a dash slit of a first absorbent channel layer, a dash slit of a intermediate absorbent channel layer, and a dash slit of a top permeable layer dashed lit which is configured to allocate the user to bifurcate an entire lower region of the first non-permeable layer, the absorbent core, the first absorbent channel layer, the intermediate absorbent channel layer and the top permeable layer below the respective dashed slit to form the first portion and second portion; wherein the elastic material is introduced into the slits, wherein the elastic material is introduced into the slits of said elastic placement portion by a weaving process by a weaving process, and wherein a region of the elastic material are subjected outside of the elastic placement portion in-between every other said slit of said elastic placement portion; wherein the absorbent core composes the respective dashed slit arranged around a surface arranged in a circular direction approximately 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm above a base of the absorbent core, wherein the dash slit of the absorbent core dashed corresponds with the dashed slit of the first non-permeable layer, the dash slit of the first absorbent channel layer, the dash slit of the intermediate absorbent channel layer and the dash slit of the top permeable layer which is configured to allocate the entire lower region of the absorbent core below the dashed slit to bifurcate with a preceding region of said first non-permeable layer, the first absorbent channel layer, the intermediate absorbent channel layer and the top permeable layer; wherein the absorbent core is impregnated with a combination of a loose absorbent fibrous matrix, a plurality of super absorbent pods impregnated with loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP), and loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of converting the absorbent core from a dry permeable texture to a moist gel-like permeable texture when in contact with a liquid substance; wherein the absorbent core contains the combination of loose absorbent fibrous matrix dispersed respectively throughout a bottom of a sack/pouch portion of the absorbent core, the plurality of super absorbent pods dispersed respectively above the loose absorbent fibrous matrix, and the loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) dispersed respectively above and engulfing the super absorbent pods; wherein the sack/pouch portion of the absorbent core comprises a component capacity ratio, wherein the component capacity ratio of the sack/pouch portion of the absorbent core is approximately 10% to 20% of the loose absorbent fibrous matrix which includes cotton fluff pulp, approximately 20% to 30% of the super absorbent pods, wherein the super absorbent pods are respectively impregnated with super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of fine particles of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%, and approximately 40% to 60% of the loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of fine particles of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%; wherein each of the super absorbent pods impregnated into the sack/pouch portion of the absorbent core is approximately 5 mm to 8 mm in overall spherical circumference; wherein the dash slit of the first absorbent channel layer is arranged around a surface arranged at a circular direction approximately 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm above a base region of the first absorbent channel layer, wherein the dashed slit of the first absorbent channel layer is arranged at a recessed region above or below at lease one absorbent channel, the dashed slit respectively corresponds with the dashed slit of the first non-permeable layer, the dashed slit of the absorbent core, the dashed slit of the intermediate absorbent channel layer dashed slit, and the dashed slit of the top permeable layer which is configured to allocate the entire lower region of the first absorbent channel layer below the dashed slit to bifurcate with the preceding lower region of the first non-permeable layer, the absorbent core, intermediate absorbent channel layer and the top permeable layer, wherein the first absorbent channel layer forms a reedy permeable sheet where numerous regions of a structure forms effervesce circular shaped pockets that extends profusely in a direction away from a body of the first absorbent channel layer, and wherein the absorbent channels of the at least one absorbent channel direct around the absorbent channel layer at a horizontal ring direction approximately 12.07 mm to 25.04 mm apart from each-other, wherein channel openings of the channels of the first absorbent channel layer are impregnated with a combination of materials capable of maintaining a shape and pattern structure for converting the absorbent channels from a dry permeable texture to a gel-like permeable texture when in contact with a liquid substance; wherein the combination of materials of the channel of the first absorbent channel layer contains a combination of loose absorbent fibrous matrix dispersed respectively throughout a bottom of the channel openings, super absorbent pods respectively arranged above the loose absorbent fibrous matrix at each absorbent channel, and loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) dispersed respectively above and engulfing the super absorbent pods; wherein the channels of the first absorbent channel layer comprises a component capacity ratio, wherein the component capacity ratio of the first absorbent channel layer is approximately 10% of the loose absorbent fibrous matrix which includes cotton fluff pulp, the super absorbent pods covers approximately 50% capacity of the absorbent channels, the super absorbent pods is respectively impregnated with super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of fine particles of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%, and approximately 40% of the loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%; wherein each of the super absorbent pods impregnated into the channels of the first absorbent channel layer are approximately 5 mm to 8 mm in overall spherical circumference; wherein the dashed slit of the intermediate absorbent channel layer is arranged around a surface arranged at a circular direction approximately 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm above a base of the intermediate absorbent channel layer, the dashed slit of the intermediate absorbent channel layer is arranged at a recess above or below at lease one absorbent channel, the dashed slit respectively corresponds with the first non-permeable layer, the first absorbent channel layer, the absorbent core dashed slit, and the top permeable layer dashed slit which is configured to allocate the entire lower region of the intermediate absorbent channel layer below the dashed slit to bifurcate with the region of the first non-permeable layer, the first absorbent channel layer, the absorbent core and the top permeable layer; wherein the intermediate absorbent channel layer forms a reedy permeable sheet where numerous regions of a structure forms effervesce square-shape pockets that extends profusely in a direction away from a body of the intermediate absorbent channel layer; wherein absorbent channel of the at least one absorbent channels of the intermediate absorbent channel layer are impregnated with a combination of materials capable of maintaining a shape and pattern structure of the absorbent channels and converting the absorbent channels from a dry permeable texture to a gel-like permeable texture when in contact with a liquid substance; and wherein the combination of materials of the channels of the intermediate absorbent channel layer absorbent channels contains a combination of loose absorbent fibrous matrix of cotton fluff pulp dispersed respectively throughout a bottom of the absorbent channels, a super absorbent pod respectively arranged above the loose absorbent fibrous matrix at each absorbent channel, and loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) dispersed respectively above and engulfing the super absorbent pods; wherein the channels of the intermediate absorbent channel layer comprises a component capacity ratio, wherein the component capacity ration of the intermediate absorbent channel layer is approximately 10% of the loose absorbent fibrous matrix of cotton fluff pulp, each super absorbent pods cover approximately 70% capacity of the absorbent channels and is respectively impregnated with fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%, and approximately 20% of the loose fine particles of super absorbent polymer (SAP) in the form of sodium polyacrylate at 75% and hydrophilic polymer at 25%; wherein each super absorbent pod of the channels of the intermediate absorbent channel layer forms a quadrilateral-shape marginally smaller than an overall circumference of an interior of the absorbent channels, respectively corresponding with a couture of the interior of the absorbent channels; and wherein the dashed slit of the top permeable layer composes is arranged around a surface arranged at a circular direction approximately 38.1 mm to 76.2 mm above a base of the top permeable layer, the dashed slit of the top permeable layer respectively corresponds with the dashed slit of the first non-permeable layer, the dashed slit of the first absorbent channel layer, the dashed slit of the intermediate absorbent channel layer and the dashed slit of the absorbent core which is configured to allocate the entire lower region of the top permeable layer below the dashed slit to bifurcate with the preceding region of the first non-permeable layer, the first absorbent channel layer, the intermediate absorbent channel layer and the absorbent core.
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