The Procter Gamble Company

Fiorello Salone

Guido Bonelli

Marco Digiacomantonio

Glen Ray Lash

Stacey Kay Donovan

Maria Grazia Capri

Giovanni Carlucci

Ivano Gagliardi

Carlo Toro

Enzo Pompei

Magali Fabienne Pourcel

Giovanni Cataldo

Angela Carvelli

Horst Schmidt

Jan Fuhrmann

Peter Ludwig Haesler

Ettore Massacesi

An absorbent article for personal hygiene, especially a sanitary napkin, panty liner and the like, having an adhesive for securing the article to a garment of a wearer. The present invention provides adhesives with an adhesion performance less dependent from panty material types and washing habits, such as treatment with softeners and the like, thus ensuring reliable fastening on non-treated panties as well as on softener-treated panties.

Disposable absorbent articles having improved adhesive for garment fastening

The present invention relates to absorbent articles, typically for feminine protection, comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent element positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least a fluid acquisition/distribution layer. The absorbent article also comprises edge barrier elements for intercepting fluids. The edge barrier elements comprise a liquid absorbent thermoplastic composition comprising a polymeric base material having particles of water-insoluble water-swellable absorbent material dispersed therein, and are comprised between the absorbent core and the at least one fluid acquisition/distribution layer.

Absorbent article comprising edge barriers comprising a liquid absorbent thermoplastic composition

Portion of a sanitary napkin

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Pescara, Italy

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