Tri-Folded Disposable Absorbent Article, Packaged Absorbent Article, And Array of Packaged Absorbent Articles With Substantially Continuously Distributed Absorbent Particulate Polymer Material
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1. A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a chassis including a topsheet and a backsheet; and
a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising absorbent particulate polymer material,the disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end and tri-folded substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis along a first fold line and a second fold line spaced from the first fold line so as to form a central section extending from the first fold line to the second fold line, a first end section extending from the first fold line to the first end, and a second end section extending from the second fold line to the second end, so that the first section, central section, and second section are superposed to one another.
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A tri-folded disposable absorbent article comprising a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located in a chassis between a topsheet and a backsheet and comprising absorbent particulate polymer material. An array of absorbent article packages comprising disposable absorbent articles comprising a substantially cellulose free absorbent core is also disclosed.
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1. A disposable absorbent article comprising:
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a chassis including a topsheet and a backsheet; and a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising absorbent particulate polymer material, the disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end and tri-folded substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis along a first fold line and a second fold line spaced from the first fold line so as to form a central section extending from the first fold line to the second fold line, a first end section extending from the first fold line to the first end, and a second end section extending from the second fold line to the second end, so that the first section, central section, and second section are superposed to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An absorbent article package comprising:
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a packaging material; and a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed in the packaging material in a substantially superposed stacked configuration, the disposable absorbent articles occupying a volume in the package of less than about 200 cc per absorbent article under base compression of from about 2500 to about 5000 N and the disposable absorbent articles each comprising; a chassis including a topsheet and a sheet; and a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising absorbent particulate polymer material; and each disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end and tri-folded substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis along a first fold line and a second fold line spaced from the first fold line so as to form a central section extending from the first fold line to the second fold line, a first end section extending from the first fold line to the first end, and a second end section extending from the second fold line to the second end, so that the first section, central section, and second section are superposed to one another.
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13. An array of absorbent article packages comprising:
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a plurality of absorbent article packages, each of the absorbent article packages comprising a packaging material and a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed in the packaging material in a substantially superposed stacked configuration; the disposable absorbent articles each comprising a chassis including a topsheet and a backsheet and a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising absorbent particulate polymer material. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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