Absorbent article with visually and tactilely distinctive outer cover
First Claim
1. An absorbent article having a front waistband portion, a back waistband portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting said front and back waistband portions, said article comprising:
- a backsheet member;
a liquid permeable topsheet layer; and
an absorbent body sandwiched between said topsheet layer and backsheet member;
said backsheet member including;
an air permeable, polymer sheet layer having a WVTR value of at least about 500 g/m2 per 24 hr;
an outward nonwoven fibrous web joined with a major facing surface of said polymer sheet layer at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds;
said outward nonwoven web including a plurality of fibers having substantially unbonded lengths which extend substantially continuously between at least an adjacent pair of said bonds, said substantially unbonded fiber lengths lofted away from an outward surface of said thermal bonds to provide an embossing element depth value of at least about 160 μ
m, said fibers of said outward nonwoven web having a denier of not more than about 3 dpf, said outward nonwoven web having a basis weight of not more than about 55 g/m2.
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Abstract
An absorbent article, such as the shown diaper (10), has a front waistband portion (14), a back waistband portion (12) and an intermediate portion (16) interconnecting said front and back waistband portions. The article includes a backsheet member (30), a liquid permeable topsheet layer (28), and an absorbent body (32) sandwiched between the topsheet layer (28) and backsheet member (30). The backsheet member includes an air permeable, polymer sheet layer (96), and a first, outward nonwoven fibrous web (94) attached to or otherwise operatively joined with a major facing surface (78) of the polymer sheet layer (96) at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds (98). The outward nonwoven web (94) includes a plurality of fibers having substantially unbonded lengths which extend substantially continuously between at least an adjacent pair of the bonds, and the substantially unbonded fiber lengths are arched away from an outward surface of the thermal bonds by arch heights (60) which provides a distinctive embossing element depth value. In addition, the fibers of the outward nonwoven web can have a selected denier, and the outward nonwoven web (94) can have a selected basis weight.
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20 Claims
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1. An absorbent article having a front waistband portion, a back waistband portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting said front and back waistband portions, said article comprising:
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a backsheet member; a liquid permeable topsheet layer; and an absorbent body sandwiched between said topsheet layer and backsheet member; said backsheet member including; an air permeable, polymer sheet layer having a WVTR value of at least about 500 g/m2 per 24 hr; an outward nonwoven fibrous web joined with a major facing surface of said polymer sheet layer at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds; said outward nonwoven web including a plurality of fibers having substantially unbonded lengths which extend substantially continuously between at least an adjacent pair of said bonds, said substantially unbonded fiber lengths lofted away from an outward surface of said thermal bonds to provide an embossing element depth value of at least about 160 μ
m, said fibers of said outward nonwoven web having a denier of not more than about 3 dpf, said outward nonwoven web having a basis weight of not more than about 55 g/m2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An absorbent article having a front waistband portion, a back waistband portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting said front and back waistband portions, said article comprising:
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a backsheet member; a liquid permeable topsheet layer; and an absorbent body sandwiched between said topsheet layer and backsheet member; said backsheet member including; an air permeable, polymer sheet layer having a WVTR value of at least about 500 g/m2 per 24 hr, wherein said polymer sheet layer is a composite laminate composed of a core layer sandwiched between a pair of skin layers, with said core layer including a linear-low-density-polyethylene; and an outward nonwoven fibrous web joined with a major facing surface of said polymer sheet layer at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds; said outward nonwoven web including a plurality of fibers having substantially unbonded lengths which extend substantially continuously between at least an adjacent pair of said bonds, said substantially unbonded fiber lengths lofted away from an outward surface of said thermal bonds to provide an embossing element depth value of at least about 160 μ
m, said fibers of said outward nonwoven web having a denier of not more than about 3 dpf, said outward nonwoven web having a basis weight of not more than about 55 g/m2.
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Specification