ABSORBENT STRUCTURE COMPRISING A HETEROGENEOUS MASS

• Main Authors: BEWICK-SONNTAG, CHRISTOPHER PHILIP, HUBBARD, WADE MONROE, MORROW, CLINT ADAM, DUVAL, DEAN LARRY, BELLUCCI, REMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 08.06.2021
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

ABSTRACT An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core comprising an absorbent structure. The absorbent structure comprises a heterogeneous mass present at at least a longitudinal and transverse center of the article. The heterogeneous mass comprises a nonwoven web having a directionality, and one or more pieces of open-cell polyurethane or High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) foam enrobing fibers of the nonwoven web. Date Recue/Date Received 2020-10-19 L'invention concerne un article absorbant comprenant une feuille supérieure, une feuille de fond et un cur absorbant comprenant une structure absorbante, laquelle structure absorbante présente une rigidité en flexion en sens travers comprise entre 0,3 gf *cm^2/cm et 1,6 gf*cm^2/cm et une rigidité en flexion en sens machine comprise entre 1,5 gf*cm^2/cm et 14 gf*cm^2/cm.