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Absorbent article having a topsheet that includes selectively openable and closable openings

  • US 5,873,868 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1998
  • Issued: 02/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An absorbent article adapted to be worn adjacent the lower torso of a wearer for receiving and retaining body exudates, said absorbent article comprising:

  • a. a liquid impervious, elastically extensible backsheet having an outer, garment-facing surface and an inner, body-facing surface;

    b. an absorbent core having a shape to enable the core to be placed adjacent the body of a wearer and having the capacity of absorbing liquids;

    c. a flexible, elastically extensible liquid-pervious topsheet overlying the absorbent core, the topsheet including a plurality of spaced discontinuities that are substantially closed when the topsheet is in an untensioned condition and that are open to define a plurality of spaced openings extending through the topsheet when the topsheet is subjected to tension, to enable solid and semi-solid body exudates to pass through the topsheet to the absorbent core.

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