Patents

Multi-Layered Absorbent Article

U.S. Patent No. 12,514,763

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Derya Onbilger, Allendale, NJ; and Rui Yang, Pompton Lakes, NJ.
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.


Filed: 9/17/19
Issued: 1/6/26

An absorbent article having a length, a width, and a thickness, comprising: a cover layer having a body facing surface and a lower cover surface opposite to the body facing surface; and an absorbent core adjacent to the lower cover surface, the absorbent core having a basis weight of 110 gsm to 170 gsm, the absorbent core comprising: a first strata having a first fiber material having at least one of a pulp material and a bicomponent fiber material; a second strata having super absorbent polymer and a second fiber material having the pulp material and the bicomponent fiber material; a third strata having a third fiber material having at least one of the pulp material and the bicomponent fiber material; and a backsheet layer having a backsheet upper surface and a garment-facing surface opposite the backsheet upper surface; wherein the absorbent article has a modified circular bend of between about 130 g and about 230 g; wherein the absorbent article has an absorbent capacity of between about 11 g and about 27 g; wherein the first fiber material, the second fiber material, and the third fiber material are substantially the same; wherein a ratio of the super absorbent polymer and the second fiber material is between about 1.5:1 and about 4:1; wherein the super absorbent polymer is only within the second strata; and wherein the thickness of the absorbent article is between about 1.1 mm and about 2.2 mm. 

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