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Topsheets Integrated with Heterogenous Mass Layer

U.S. Patent No. 11,744,743

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Clint Adam Morrow, Union, KY; Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Cincinnati, OH; John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH; and Dean Larry DuVal, Lebanon, OH.
Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 10/7/20
Issued: 9/5/23

A feminine hygiene pad comprising a topsheet comprising a first fibrous nonwoven web, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure comprising one or more layers including a heterogeneous mass layer comprising a combination of one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam and a second fibrous nonwoven web, wherein the one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam enrobe fibers of the second fibrous nonwoven web; and wherein fibers of the first nonwoven web are incorporated into the heterogeneous mass such that fibers of the first nonwoven web and the heterogeneous mass occupy the same X-Y plane, wherein the open cell foam comprises polyurethane foam or HIPE foam.

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