ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH 3-DIMENSIONAL SOFTNESS SIGNAL USING POLY FILM WITH AIR POCKETS

• Main Authors: LINTON, STEVE, HEGDE, RAGHAVENDRA, R, OTTERY, TRENT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.06.2016
• Subjects: 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; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Disposable absorbent articles and methods of making disposable absorbent articles that comprise: an absorbent structure; a nonwoven fabric; and a layer of cushion material disposed between the nonwoven fabric and the absorbent structure, the layer of cushion material including a plurality of air pockets; where the layer of cushion material and the nonwoven fabric form a composite having an uncompressed thickness of between 0.4 millimeters and 8.5 millimeters, and a thickness of between 0.1 millimeters and 5.0 millimeters when subjected to a compressive force of 500 grams. La présente invention concerne des articles absorbants jetables et des procédés de fabrication d'articles absorbants jetables qui comprennent : une structure absorbante; un textile non-tissé; et une couche de matériau d'amortissement disposée entre le textile non-tissé et la structure absorbante, la couche de matériau d'amortissement comprenant une pluralité de poches d'air; où la couche de matériau d'amortissement et le textile non-tissé forment un composite ayant une épaisseur non comprimée comprise entre 0,4 millimètre et 8,5 millimètres, et une épaisseur comprise entre 0,1 millimètre et 5,0 millimètres lorsqu'elle est soumise à une force de compression de 500 grammes.