US 12,239,514 B2
Absorbent article with improved fluid containment and comfort
Frank Glaug, Chester Springs, PA (US); Gabriella Makarious, Shediac (CA); and James DeFelice, Rogers, AR (US)
Assigned to Irving Consumer Products Limited, Dieppe (CA)
Filed by Irving Consumer Products Limited, Dieppe (CA)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,492.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,903, filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346210 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/539 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49 (2013.01) [A61F 13/539 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15959 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15967 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53908 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53991 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a front edge, a back edge, and two longitudinally extending side edges, the absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet, the topsheet being liquid pervious;
a backsheet coupled to the topsheet, the backsheet being liquid impervious;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, the absorbent core containing at least one absorbent material;
an acquisition distribution layer disposed between a bottom side of the topsheet and a top side of the absorbent core; and
first and second standing leg cuffs, each standing leg cuff includes:
a cuff web having a base, a top, and a first side and an opposed second side extending between the base and the top, the base coupled to the topsheet;
one or more elastics coupled adjacent to the top of the cuff web;
a gasketing barrier coupled to the second side of the cuff web, wherein the cuff web is made of a first material, the gasketing barrier is made of a second material, and the first material is different than the second material,
wherein each gasketing barrier surrounds the top of the corresponding cuff web.