Claims
- 1. A disposable absorbent article arranged to be worn by a wearer to trap and collect fluid waste products of the wearer, said article being suitable accommodating multiple insults of said fluid waste products, said article comprising a top-sheet, a fluid acquisition system, and a fluid absorbent core, said top sheet having a portion forming a fluid intake zone, said top sheet portion being formed of a fluid pervious material, said fluid acquisition system comprising a first fluid acquisition layer and a second fluid acquisition layer, said first fluid acquisition layer comprising an apertured film, said second fluid acquisition layer comprising a fibrous, fluid pervious material, said absorbent core comprising a fluid absorbing material suitable for accommodating multiple insults of said fluid waste product, said fluid intake zone making up a portion of the area of said absorbent core, said first acquisition layer being located over said second acquisition layer and under said fluid intake zone of top-sheet, said second acquisition layer being located under said first acquisition layer and over said absorbent core, and wherein at least one of said first and second acquisition layers is at least coextensive in size with said fluid intake zone.
- 2. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein both of said first and second acquisition layers are at least the size of said fluid intake zone.
- 3. The disposable absorbent article of claim 2 wherein said first and second acquisition layers are coextensive in size.
- 4. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said first acquisition layer is at least coextensive in size with said fluid intake zone.
- 5. The disposable absorbent article of claim 4 wherein said second acquisition layer is larger in size than said first acquisition layer.
- 6. The disposable absorbent article of claim 5 wherein said second fluid acquisition layer comprises an adhesive bonded polyester.
- 7. The disposable absorbent article of claim 5 wherein said second fluid acquisition layer comprises spun bond polypropylene with high denier fibers.
- 8. The disposable absorbent article of claim 6 wherein said second fluid acquisition layer has a basis weight in the range of approximately 12.8 to 17 gsm.
- 9. The disposable absorbent article of claim 7 wherein said second fluid acquisition layer has a basis weight in the range of approximately 15 to 17 gsm.
- 10. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein each of said acquisition layers has a predetermined length and a predetermined width, wherein said width of said first and second acquisition layers is the same, and wherein said length of said first and second acquisition layers is the same.
- 11. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein each of said acquisition layers has a predetermined length and a predetermined width, wherein said width of said first acquisition layer is greater than said width of said second acquisition layer, and wherein said length of said first acquisition layer is greater than said length of said second acquisition layer.
- 12. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein each of said acquisition layers has a predetermined length and a predetermined width, wherein said width of said first acquisition layer is greater than said width of said second acquisition layer, and wherein said length of said second acquisition layer is greater than said length of said first acquisition layer.
- 13. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein each of said acquisition layers has a predetermined length and a predetermined width, wherein said width of said second acquisition layer is greater than said width of said first acquisition layer, and wherein said length of said second acquisition layer is greater than said length of said first acquisition layer.
- 14. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 wherein each of said acquisition layers has a predetermined length and a predetermined width, wherein said width of said second acquisition layer is greater than said width of said first acquisition layer, and wherein said length of said first acquisition layer is greater than said length of said second acquisition layer.
- 15. The disposable absorbent article of claim 10 wherein said core has a predetermined length and a predetermined width and wherein the width of said core is at least equal to the width of said first acquisition layer.
- 16. The disposable absorbent article of claim 11 wherein said core has a predetermined length and a predetermined width and wherein the width of said core is at least equal to the width of said first acquisition layer.
- 17. The disposable absorbent article of claim 12 wherein said core has a predetermined length and a predetermined width and wherein the width of said core is at least equal to the width of said first acquisition layer.
- 18. The disposable absorbent article of claim 13 wherein said core has a predetermined length and a predetermined width and wherein the width of said core is at least equal to the width of said first acquisition layer.
- 19. The disposable absorbent article of claim 14 wherein said core has a predetermined length and a predetermined width and wherein the width of said core is at least equal to the width of said first acquisition layer.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/439,793, filed on Nov. 12, 1999, entitled Absorbent Article with Improved Fluid Acquisition System which is assigned to the same assignee as this invention, and whose disclosure is incorporated by reference herein.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Date |
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Parent |
09439793 |
Nov 1999 |
US |
Child |
09847911 |
May 2001 |
US |