Sca Hygiene Products Ab

Mcneil-ppc, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.

Jehann Biggs

Raquel Carbonari

Lauren Entrekin

Frank Steven Glaug

Anita Haraldsson Hedbratt

David J Chase

Maria Gustin Bergström

Mari Hou

Tara Glasgow

Erin Marsee

Samuel C Carasso

H Michael Moscherosch

Julia K Iris

Ramon Andres Urteaga

Linda Morrell-Schwartz

Gina J Marcus

Jorge Sievert Nieri

Lizelle Canlas Valdecanas

Erin Danyi

Thomas Bergin

John Ulman

Carlithea R Abram

Julia Kozorovitsky

Jennifer Sturgeon

A disposable absorbent product includes a backsheet, a topsheet overlaying the backsheet, and a core disposed between the backsheet and topsheet for retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product. The core has a length dimension, a width dimension, and a thickness dimension orthogonal to the length and width dimensions. The core includes first and second fluid storage structures, with the first fluid storage structure at least partially surrounding the second fluid storage structure in the thickness dimension. The second fluid storage structure extends along a longitudinal axis and has a head portion, as well as a pair of leg portions, with the leg portions being longitudinally opposed the head portion. Each of the leg portions extends along a minor axis that defines, with the longitudinal axis, an acute included angle.

Disposable absorbent product with shaped fluid storage structures

Controlled expansion of an intravaginal device can be achieved by selectively attaching either a primary or secondary cover to the primary absorbent device having a fluid storage element. We can determine that certain portions of the tampon will expand while other portions will be restricted to substantially the compressed structure. The primary cover can be attached to the primary absorbent device either before or after the absorbent device is compressed into final tampon form. The compression may be in the axial or radial direction or a combination of both directions. The secondary cover, if used, can be attached after the tampon pledget has been compressed into the final tampon form.

Intravaginal device with controlled expansion

Topsheet of an absorbent pad

An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, includes a top sheet and a back sheet with a resilient, composite absorbent core sandwiched therebetween. To decrease the stiffness, the absorbent core includes an outer line and an inner line on each side of a longitudinal centerline. The outer line includes a plurality of slits having spaces therebetween, and the outer line extends convexly when viewed from the longitudinal centerline. The plurality of slits in the absorbent core impart better bending ability of the absorbent article, particular for stiff airlaid absorbent cores.

Absorbent article with slitted absorbent core

Top sheet of an incontinence pad

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Mount Vernon, NY, United States of America

Jehann Biggs