US 12,403,048 B2
Disposable absorbent article
Maja Wciorka, Braunschweig (DE); Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim (DE); and Udo Friedel Schoenborn, Bad Soden (DE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,832.
Application 17/489,832 is a continuation of application No. 15/952,871, filed on Apr. 13, 2018, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015965 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/539 (2006.01); A61F 13/495 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/536 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/539 (2013.01) [A61F 13/495 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/536 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5307 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53908 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article, comprising:
a front waist region;
a back waist region;
a crotch region positioned between the front waist region and the back waist region;
a topsheet;
a backsheet;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent core comprising absorbent particulate polymer material and wood pulp; and
wherein a cavity is defined in the absorbent core;
wherein absorbent particulate polymer material is present in the cavity;
wherein the cavity comprises a first channel extending in a first direction;
wherein the cavity comprises a second channel extending in a second, different direction;
wherein the first direction is transverse to the second direction, and
wherein a portion of the first channel overlaps a portion of the second channel;
wherein the cavity is discrete and is defined in and bounded by absorbent zones; and
wherein the absorbent particulate polymer material in the cavity has a lower basis weight than other absorbent particulate polymer material in the absorbent core and not in the cavity.