Absorbent articles with controllable fill patterns

• Main Authors: MATTHEWS; BILLIE JEAN, MACE; TAMARA LEE, BURNES; ANDREW SCOTT, CHANG; KUO-SHU EDWARD, ANDERSON; RICHARD ALLEN, RIDDLE; JAMES BRIAN, LITTLE; SYLVIA BANDY, HETZLER; CONNIE LYNN, LI; YONG, SAWYER; LAWRENCE HOWELL, GRYSKIEWICZ; STANLEY MICHAEL, LATIMER; MARGARET GWYN, VARONA; EUGENIO GO, DODGE, II; RICHARD NORRIS, WILHELM; HOA LA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.11.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BABY LINEN; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HANDKERCHIEFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SHIRTS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; UNDERWEAR; WEARING APPAREL

There is provided an absorbent system for personal care products which may be transversely divided into about an equally sized center zone, two intermediate zones and two end zones where the ratio of the amount of liquid stored in the center zone to the amount of liquid stored in at least one of the end zones 30 minutes after each of three insults of 80 ml according to a MIST Evaluation Test is less than 5:1. Such an absorbent system may be used in personal care products like diapers, training pants, feminine hygiene products, absorbent underpants, adult incontinence products, and the like.