Absorbent core with absorbent material pattern
First Claim
1. A substantially planar absorbent core having a width extending in a transversal direction and a length extending in a longitudinal direction, and comprising a core wrap enclosing an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is substantially free of cellulose fibers and the absorbent material forms a pattern of discrete absorbent material areas, wherein the pattern comprises:
- dot-shaped areas and transversally-orientated areas, wherein each of the dot-shaped areas has a longitudinal dimension as measured by projection on a line parallel to the longitudinal direction and a transversal dimension as measured by projection on a line parallel to the transversal direction, and the ratio of the longitudinal dimension to the transversal direction ranges from about 0.5 to about 2.0; and
wherein the transversally-orientated areas have a width of from 50% to 99% of the width of the absorbent core andwherein the dot-shaped areas are separated by separation areas substantially free of absorbent material, wherein a top side of the core wrap is unattached to a bottom side of the core wrap in the separation areas; and
wherein the absorbent core further comprises at least one channel-forming area which is substantially free of absorbent material and through which the top side of the core wrap is attached to the bottom side of the core wrap by a core wrap bond, so that when the absorbent material adjacent the channel-forming area absorbs a fluid and swells, a three-dimensional channel is formed along the core wrap bond;
and wherein the channel-forming area interrupts at least some of the transversally-orientated areas to form interrupted transversally-orientated areas.
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Abstract
A substantially planar absorbent core (28) extending in a transversal direction (x) and a longitudinal direction (y), comprising a core wrap (16, 16′) enclosing an absorbent material (60), wherein the absorbent material is substantially free of cellulose fibers and forms a pattern of discrete absorbent material areas. The pattern comprises dot-shaped areas (751) and at least one of transversally-orientated areas (752) or longitudinally-orientated areas (754). The absorbent core may also comprise a pair of channel-forming areas (26).
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1. A substantially planar absorbent core having a width extending in a transversal direction and a length extending in a longitudinal direction, and comprising a core wrap enclosing an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is substantially free of cellulose fibers and the absorbent material forms a pattern of discrete absorbent material areas, wherein the pattern comprises:
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dot-shaped areas and transversally-orientated areas, wherein each of the dot-shaped areas has a longitudinal dimension as measured by projection on a line parallel to the longitudinal direction and a transversal dimension as measured by projection on a line parallel to the transversal direction, and the ratio of the longitudinal dimension to the transversal direction ranges from about 0.5 to about 2.0; and wherein the transversally-orientated areas have a width of from 50% to 99% of the width of the absorbent core and wherein the dot-shaped areas are separated by separation areas substantially free of absorbent material, wherein a top side of the core wrap is unattached to a bottom side of the core wrap in the separation areas; and wherein the absorbent core further comprises at least one channel-forming area which is substantially free of absorbent material and through which the top side of the core wrap is attached to the bottom side of the core wrap by a core wrap bond, so that when the absorbent material adjacent the channel-forming area absorbs a fluid and swells, a three-dimensional channel is formed along the core wrap bond; and wherein the channel-forming area interrupts at least some of the transversally-orientated areas to form interrupted transversally-orientated areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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