Absorbent product comprising foam material
First Claim
1. An absorbent product comprising:
- a liquid permeable topsheet;
a liquid impermeable backsheet; and
an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product, between a front edge and a rear edge;
longitudinally extending side edges;
a front end portion;
a rear end portion; and
an intermediate portion located between the front and rear portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core, and said absorbent core comprising;
an absorbent fibrous layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid impermeable backsheet,a liquid inlet foam layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid permeable topsheet, anda carrier layer arranged between the liquid inlet foam layer and the absorbent fibrous layer,wherein the liquid inlet foam layer includes a transversally central region extending along the entire longitudinal length of the absorbent core and having longitudinally extending side edges,wherein the liquid inlet foam layer comprises a plurality of slits arranged in a pattern, which covers the transversally central region such that, in a part of said transversally central region within the intermediate portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of dilated slit openings, and, in a part of said transversally central region within one or both of the front end portion and rear end portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of non-dilated slits.
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Abstract
An absorbent product includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes an absorbent fibrous layer, a liquid inlet foam layer, and a carrier layer, in which a transversally central region is arranged in the liquid inlet foam layer. The transversally central region extends along the entire longitudinal length of the absorbent core and includes a plurality of slits arranged in a pattern, wherein the slits are dilated slit openings in a part of the central region within an intermediate portion of the absorbent core, and the slits are non-dilated slits in parts of said central region within one or both of front and rear portions of the absorbent core.
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1. An absorbent product comprising:
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a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product, between a front edge and a rear edge;
longitudinally extending side edges;
a front end portion;
a rear end portion; and
an intermediate portion located between the front and rear portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core, and said absorbent core comprising;an absorbent fibrous layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid inlet foam layer arranged on a side of the absorbent core closest to the liquid permeable topsheet, and a carrier layer arranged between the liquid inlet foam layer and the absorbent fibrous layer, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer includes a transversally central region extending along the entire longitudinal length of the absorbent core and having longitudinally extending side edges, wherein the liquid inlet foam layer comprises a plurality of slits arranged in a pattern, which covers the transversally central region such that, in a part of said transversally central region within the intermediate portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of dilated slit openings, and, in a part of said transversally central region within one or both of the front end portion and rear end portion of the absorbent core, the slits are in the form of non-dilated slits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of manufacturing an absorbent product, comprising:
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cutting a plurality of slits in a central region of a continuous web of liquid inlet foam material, said slits extending longitudinally in the machine direction; stretching the web of liquid inlet foam material transversally in the cross machine direction such that the slits are dilated into dilated slit openings; applying adhesive to a continuous web of carrier material; combining the stretched continuous web of liquid inlet foam material and the web of carrier material into a combined web; cutting an inlet foam layer component from the combined web; providing an absorbent component; enclosing the inlet foam layer component and the absorbent component between a continuous web of topsheet material and a continuous web of backsheet material; joining at least the topsheet material and the backsheet material along the outer edges of the absorbent product to form a combined material; cutting the combined material into a desired shape to form the absorbent product, wherein the stretching of the web of liquid inlet foam material and the applying adhesive to the continuous web of carrier material is performed according to one of the following; when stretching the web of liquid inlet foam material transversally in the cross machine direction, the width of said web of liquid inlet foam material is stretched to a predetermined desired transversal width, and when applying adhesive to the continuous web of carrier material, the adhesive is applied intermittently, so that adhesive is applied on sections of the web of carrier material, which correspond to an intermediate portion of the absorbent core, and sections, which correspond to a front end portion and a rear end portion of the absorbent core, are free from adhesive; or when stretching the web of liquid inlet foam material transversally in the cross machine direction, the width of said web of liquid inlet foam material is stretched intermittently, so that sections of the web of liquid inlet foam material is stretched to a predetermined desired transversal width, and sections, which correspond to the front end portion and the rear end portion of the absorbent core, retain their original unstretched width, and when applying adhesive to the continuous web of carrier material, the adhesive is applied continuously to the web of carrier material. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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