US 12,485,201 B2
Adhesive for an absorbent article
Mariangela Caputi, Oescara (DE); Vito Carla, Fairfield, OH (US); Matthias Morand, Sulzbach am Taunus (DE); Naka Seidel, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Andrea Pfarr Switzer, Maineville, OH (US); and Chad M. Weldishofer, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,174.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,573, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330856 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 15/58 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); C09J 123/08 (2006.01); C09J 131/04 (2006.01); C09J 153/02 (2006.01); C09J 7/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61L 15/585 (2013.01) [A61F 13/5611 (2013.01); C09J 7/387 (2018.01); C09J 123/0853 (2013.01); C09J 131/04 (2013.01); C09J 153/02 (2013.01); C09J 7/405 (2018.01); C09J 2301/124 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet forming at least a portion of a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article;
a backsheet forming at least a portion of a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
an adhesive for attachment of the disposable absorbent article to an undergarment, the adhesive being disposed on the garment-facing surface, wherein the absorbent article exhibits a peel force of at least 1.0 N, in accordance with the Peel Force test and leaves no residue on an undergarment in accordance with the Adhesive Residue test;
wherein the adhesive is acrylate based or comprises a mixture of ethylene-vinyl acetate and styrene block copolymer;
wherein the adhesive exhibits a tan delta—1 value of between 0.28 to 1.2, over a frequency range of between 0.01 Hz and 1 Hz at 37 degrees C. in accordance with the Frequency Sweep-Oscillatory Rheometry Test Method.