Ontex Bv

Ontex Group Nv

Universiteit Gent

Allnex Belgium S.a.

Ontex Bvba

Annemie Houben

Hugues Van Den Bergen

Dirk Bontinck

Patrice Roose

Peter Dubruel

Sandra Van Vlierberghe

Lieven Dhooge

Javier García González

Miguel Angel Rodríguez Pérez

Alberto López Gil

Eva Staelens

Josias Tirado Mediavilla

Herman Vandevelde

Ainas Weber

Karen Roets

Miguel Angel Rodriguez Perez

Alberto Lopez Gil

Garcia Gonzalez Javier

Alberto LÓPEZ Gll

Javier Garcia GONZÁLEZ

Miguel Angel Rodriguez PÉREZ

A substantially cuboid reclosable flexible package () for transporting multiple personal hygiene absorbent articles 'on-the-go' is disclosed. It has a front wall (), a rear wall (), two opposed side walls (') and two opposed end walls (′). It includes a stack of at least two personal hygiene absorbent articles () comprising a garment attachment adhesive covered by a removable release paper (), and which are folded inwardly with the removable release paper () exposed. The folded absorbent articles are free of an individual wrapping pouch and comprise closure means () for securing said folding. The package () is made of a plastic or paper wrap sealed at one position on either the front (), the rear (), or one of the two side walls (′), and on the two end walls (′). It comprises, on at least one wall, a tear-open flap () limited by at least one tearing line ().

On-the-go package of absorbent articles and method of making

A substantially cuboid reclosable flexible package () for transporting multiple personal hygiene absorbent articles 'on-the-go' is disclosed. It has a front wall (), a rear wall (), two opposed side walls () and two opposed end walls (′). It includes a stack of at least two personal hygiene absorbent articles () comprising a garment attachment adhesive covered by a removable release paper (), and which are folded inwardly with the removable release paper () exposed. The folded absorbent articles are free of an individual wrapping pouch and comprise closure means () for securing said folding. The package () is made of a plastic or paper wrap sealed at one position on either the front (), the rear (), or one of the two side walls (′), and on the two end walls (′). It comprises, on at least one wall, a tear-open flap () limited by at least one tearing line ().

The present invention relates to acquisition layers for use in absorbent articles, preferably of the disposable personal hygiene type. It discloses absorbent articles () comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (), a liquid impermeable backsheet (), an absorbent core () between the topsheet () and the backsheet () and an acquisition layer () between the topsheet () and the absorbent core (), said acquisition layer () having a width (w) and a length (l) along an acquisition plane and a thickness (t) extending perpendicular thereto. The absorbent core () comprises at least one absorbent material selected from the group consisting of fibrous absorbent materials and highly absorbent polymers. The acquisition layer () comprises a polymeric foam having an open cell and interconnected porous structure comprising an anisotropic cell structure having an axis of anisotropy () extending substantially parallel to a longest length of a plurality of substantially neighbouring cells (), which is substantially perpendicular to the acquisition plane.

Absorbent articles having an anisotropic foam acquisition layer

The invention pertains to the technical field of urethane based materials, in particular to radiation curable urethane precursors that are cross-linkable in solid form and materials obtainable therefrom. In addition the invention pertains to methods for manufacturing these precursors and materials, and their uses. The invention is advantageous to the fields of i.e. coatings and biomedical applications.

Urethane based materials, derivatives, methods of their preparation and uses

An absorbent core for an absorbent article, the absorbent core comprising at least two layers, each layer having a width w and a length l along a first plane and a thickness t extending perpendicular thereto, wherein the layers are arranged in facing relationship along the first plane, and wherein the layers comprise a polymeric foam having an open cell and interconnected porous structure. The first and second layers comprise an anisotropic cell structure having an axis of anisotropy extending substantially parallel to a longest length of a plurality of substantially neighbouring cells. The axis of anisotropy of the second layer extends substantially perpendicular to said thickness t and parallel to said first plane and the axis of anisotropy of the first layer is substantially perpendicular to the axis of anisotropy of the second layer.

Absorbent cores and absorbent articles having anisotropic foam structures

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