US 12,268,584 B2
Three-dimensional nonwoven materials and methods of manufacturing thereof
Antonio J. Carrillo Ojeda, Appleton, WI (US); Davis Dang H. Nhan, Menasha, WI (US); Neil T. Scholl, Neenah, WI (US); Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Appleton, WI (US); David G. Biggs, New London, WI (US); Patrick D. Abney, Menasha, WI (US); Jonathan A. Baker, Appleton, WI (US); Mark M. Mleziva, Appleton, WI (US); Steven J. Roffers, Neenah, WI (US); and Dustin J. Smith, Green Bay, WI (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/295,670
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063546
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112960, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,529, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008262 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/475 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/12 (2006.01); D04H 1/495 (2012.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/51104 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15577 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15731 (2013.01); A61F 13/475 (2013.01); A61F 13/49 (2013.01); A61F 13/494 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 13/5116 (2013.01); A61F 13/512 (2013.01); A61F 13/5121 (2013.01); A61F 13/5125 (2013.01); A61F 13/5126 (2013.01); A61F 13/513 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/12 (2013.01); D04H 1/495 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15284 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15829 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15934 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15983 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51165 (2013.01); B32B 5/24 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); D10B 2401/06 (2013.01); D10B 2401/063 (2013.01); D10B 2509/02 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24124 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24182 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24298 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 442/689 (2015.04)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a front waist region with a front waist edge, a rear waist region with a rear waist edge, and a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and the rear waist region, the article comprising:
an outer cover;
a bodyside liner having a body-facing surface;
an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the body side liner; and
a nonwoven material coupled to the body-facing surface of the bodyside liner and having a front edge, a rear edge, and a material length, the nonwoven material comprising:
an apertured zone comprising a plurality of openings formed between nodes and connecting ligaments of the nonwoven material and providing a percent open area for the apertured zone of the nonwoven material that is greater than 15%, as determined by the Material Sample Analysis Test Method;
wherein the nonwoven material is coupled to bodyside liner by a primary front waist bond extending throughout a primary front waist bonding region and a primary rear waist bond extending throughout a primary rear waist bonding region, the primary front waist bonding region extending through the apertured zone and the primary rear waist bonding region being spaced from the primary front waist bonding region,
wherein the primary rear waist bonding region has a length that is between 2% and 10% of the material length and the primary front waist bonding region has a length that is between 20% and 50% of the material length and
wherein the nonwoven material is further coupled to the bodyside liner by a secondary rear waist bond which at least partially overlaps the primary rear waist bond.