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Absorbent article with body contacting liquid control member

  • US 5,947,947 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1998
  • Issued: 09/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis comprising:

  • a backsheet layer;

    an absorbent assembly disposed on the backsheet layer; and

    a liquid control assembly superposed on the backsheet layer with the absorbent assembly disposed between the backsheet layer and the liquid control assembly, the liquid control assembly comprising;

    a liner assembly having a pair of lateral panels and a liquid permeable center panel disposed between the lateral panels, the lateral panels bonded to the backsheet layer and the center panel adapted to move relative to the absorbent assembly;

    a liquid handling layer bonded to the center panel, the liquid handling layer adapted to rapidly take in liquid and to discharge the liquid into the underlying absorbent assembly, the liquid handling layer configured to have a saturated retention capacity of at least about 10 grams per gram and to have a width dimension of less than about 3 inches; and

    a pair of liner elastic members operatively joined to the center panel, the liquid handling layer transversely disposed between the liner elastic members, the liner elastic members adapted to contract the center panel and space the center panel away from the absorbent assembly when in a relaxed condition.

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