US 11,998,431 B2
Patterned apertured webs
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US); Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US); Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US); Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH (US); John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH (US); Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH (US); Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY (US); Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,196.
Application 18/529,196 is a continuation of application No. 18/307,895, filed on Apr. 27, 2023.
Application 18/307,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,469, filed on Feb. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,766,367, issued on Sep. 26, 2023.
Application 17/668,469 is a continuation of application No. 17/361,681, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,813,150, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 17/361,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,073, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,633,311, issued on Apr. 5, 2023.
Application 16/854,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/432,084, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,667,962, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/432,084 is a continuation of application No. 14/933,030, filed on Nov. 5, 2015, granted, now 10,350,119, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/177,405, filed on Mar. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/076,043, filed on Nov. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099908 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2012.01)
CPC A61F 13/512 (2013.01) [A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/5116 (2013.01); A61F 13/5123 (2013.01); A61F 13/5126 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 13/51484 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/142 (2013.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15715 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51078 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51092 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51147 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51165 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51178 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51182 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51186 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5127 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5128 (2013.01); A61F 13/51305 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51322 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51377 (2013.01); A61F 13/51476 (2013.01); A61F 13/51478 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51486 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/04 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2250/242 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2555/00 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24314 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24793 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24826 (2015.01); Y10T 442/60 (2015.04); Y10T 442/66 (2015.04)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising:
a central lateral axis bisecting the absorbent article into a front region and a back region;
a topsheet;
a patterned apertured web joined to or positioned on the topsheet and comprising:
a first layer;
a second layer;
first and second zones formed in the first and second layers;
the first zone comprising:
a first plurality of apertures, wherein at least some apertures of the first plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to an Aperture Test;
first land areas surrounding at least some of the first plurality of apertures; and
a first plurality of embossments;
wherein the first zone has a first Effective Open Area, according to the Aperture Test; and
the second zone comprising:
a second plurality of apertures, wherein the first plurality of apertures have a different pattern than a pattern of the second plurality of apertures, and wherein at least some apertures of the second plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to the Aperture Test;
second land areas surrounding at least some of the second plurality of apertures; and
a second plurality of embossments;
wherein the second zone has a second Effective Open Area, according to the Aperture Test, and wherein the first Effective Open Area is different than the second Effective Open area;
wherein the second zone of the patterned apertured web is positioned at least partially in a back region of the absorbent article, and wherein the second zone does not fully surround the first zone;
wherein the first zone is free from overlap with the second zone;
wherein the first layer and the second layer comprise carded fibers;
wherein the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures extend through the first layer and the second layer; and
wherein the first layer is joined to the second layer;
a backsheet; and
an absorbent core positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet.