US 12,232,938 B2
Dark-tinted nonwoven webs
Nirosha Seth Wimalasena, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,842.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,446, filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375812 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); D01F 1/04 (2006.01); D04H 1/4382 (2012.01)
CPC A61F 13/49 (2013.01) [D01F 1/04 (2013.01); D04H 1/43825 (2020.05); A61F 2013/15243 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15959 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15967 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and
a pair of barrier cuffs extending longitudinally along sides of the absorbent article,
each of the pair of barrier cuffs comprising a nonwoven web comprising:
a first plurality of filaments having a diameter between about 8 μm and about 50 μm according to the Filament Size Test, wherein the first plurality of filaments comprises a pigment; and
a second plurality of filaments having a diameter between about 0.3 μm and about 5 μm according to the Filament Size Test;
wherein the first plurality of filaments and/or the second plurality of filaments comprise crimped filaments;
wherein the nonwoven web comprises a first side and an opposing second side, wherein the first side forms at least a portion of a wearer facing surface of the barrier cuff and the second side forms at least a portion of a garment facing surface of the barrier cuff, wherein the first plurality of filaments forms a portion of the first side and wherein the first plurality of filaments forms a portion of the second side; and
wherein the nonwoven web has an L* value of between about 21 and about 25 as measured from the first side and an L* value of between about 25 and 50 as measured from the second side, according to the CIE L*a*b* Test, wherein the L* value as measured from the first side is different from the L* value as measured from the second side;
wherein the nonwoven web has a First Filament Ratio of a number of filaments of the first plurality of filaments as measured from the first side to a number of filaments of the first plurality of filaments as measured from the second side is between about 1.5 to 1 and about 4 to 1, according to the Filament Ratio Test.