US 12,336,507 B2
Diapers for non-humans including sectioned absorbent core
Robert C. Pearce, III, Chesterfield, MO (US); Scott Allan Plasek, Chesterfield, MO (US); and Pi-Gi Brite, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to Manna Pro Products, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,671
Filed by Manna Pro Products, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027479
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210499, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,615, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174910 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 23/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 23/00 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15739 (2013.01); A61F 13/49058 (2013.01); A61F 13/49473 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15186 (2013.01); A61F 2013/4909 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent core for a diaper for a non-human, the absorbent core having a total superabsorbent polymer (SAP) load and comprising:
a first zone including a first absorbent section and a second absorbent section, wherein the first absorbent section and the second absorbent section each include a range of 15% to 20% of the total SAP load;
a second zone including a third absorbent section including a range of 15% to 20% of the total SAP load;
a third zone including a fourth absorbent section and a fifth absorbent section, wherein the fourth absorbent section and the fifth absorbent section each include a range of 15% to 20% of the total SAP load, and wherein the second zone is between the first zone and the third zone; and
seals surrounding each of the first absorbent section, the second absorbent section, the third absorbent section, the fourth absorbent section, and the fifth absorbent section, wherein one of the seals extends through the first zone between the first absorbent section and the second absorbent section, and another of the seals extends through the third zone between the fourth absorbent section and the fifth absorbent section;
wherein each of the first, second, fourth, and fifth absorbent sections have a first width and a first length;
wherein the third absorbent section has a second width and a second length;
wherein the first width and the second width are substantially equal; and
wherein the second length is greater than the first length.