The Procter Gamble Company

Roland Engel

Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger

Torsten Lindner

Michael Divo

Ludwig Busam

Siegfried Link

Volker Maier

Uwe Jurgen Becker

Sanaul Kabir Siddiquee

Gabriele Stiehl

Thomas Tombuelt

Maike Thomann

Birgit Wirtz

Alessandra Massa

Manuel Laso

Hans Adolf Jackels

Christine Elisabeth Zipf

Claus Peter Stoelzel

Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer

Thomas Tombült-Meyer

Thomas Tombuelt Meyer

Gabriel Stiehl

Sanaul Siddiquee

Manuel Prof Dr Laso

Uwe Juergen Becker

Uwe Jürgen Becker

Siegfried Liink

An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.

Thin and dry diaper

A package comprising a stack of absorbent articles which are bi- or tri-folded, and each article comprises a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent layer comprising a central portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, a first folding guide between the central portion and the first side portion, and a second folding guide between the central portion and the second side portion. Each side portion comprises a plurality of winglets, each winglet having a proximal side relative to a folding guide and extending outward from this proximal side. Neighboring winglets are separated by a gap between their neighboring sides. When the absorbent core is folded along the folding guides, the central portion and the side portions form a three-dimensional basin and the gaps between the winglets decrease, the neighboring sides optionally coming into contact. The articles in the package are either bi-folded along a transversal fold line and are compressed at an In-Bag Compression Rate of from 5% to 50%, or the articles are tri-folded along a first fold line and a second fold line parallel to the transversal direction.

Package for absorbent articles forming a three-dimensional basin

The invention relates to absorbent cores having high amounts of superabsorbent polymer material which are immobilized by adhesive. The absorbent cores have reduced peak force when subjected to the Laminate Compression Extension Test Method and also exhibit reduced delamination upon swelling of the superabsorbent polymer material.

Laminate absorbent core for use in absorbent articles

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Sulzbach, Germany

Roland Engel