US 11,744,743 B2
Topsheets integrated with heterogenous mass layer
Clint Adam Morrow, Union, KY (US); Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Cincinnati, OH (US); John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US); and Dean Larry DuVal, Lebanon, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/64,641.
Application 17/064,641 is a continuation of application No. 15/587,894, filed on May 5, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/332,549, filed on May 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/332,472, filed on May 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015682 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/532 (2006.01); A61F 13/534 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/47 (2006.01); A61F 13/535 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 59/04 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15 (2013.01) [A61F 13/00042 (2013.01); A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15634 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/47 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/532 (2013.01); A61F 13/534 (2013.01); A61F 13/535 (2013.01); A61F 13/53708 (2013.01); B29C 59/046 (2013.01); A61F 13/00038 (2013.01); A61F 13/00987 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15406 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15536 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530481 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53721 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530802 (2013.01); B29C 43/222 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29K 2313/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4878 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feminine hygiene pad comprising a topsheet comprising a first fibrous nonwoven web, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure comprising one or more layers including a heterogeneous mass layer comprising a combination of one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam and a second fibrous nonwoven web, wherein the one or more discrete pieces of open cell foam enrobe fibers of the second fibrous nonwoven web; and wherein fibers of the first nonwoven web are incorporated into the heterogeneous mass such that fibers of the first nonwoven web and the heterogeneous mass occupy the same X-Y plane, wherein the open cell foam comprises polyurethane foam or HIPE foam.