Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Sara Lynn Rosack

David Arthur Fell

David John Paulson

Kendell Jean Williams

James George Van Himbergen

Steven Michael Hurley

Nicholas Alan Kraft

Donald LeRoy Smith

Thomas Gerard Vercauteren

Johanna Marie Buss

SungSu A Kim

HyungWoo Park

JuHyung Lee

SeongDae Roh

SeoYeon Son

Juhyung Lee

MoonYoung Cho

Hyungwoo Park

Sungsu A Kim

Seoyeon Son

Moonyoung Cho

Seongdae Roh

An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a backsheet layer, and an absorbent system positioned between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer. The absorbent system can have at least a fluid intake layer, an absorbent core, and a distribution layer. The fluid intake layer and the absorbent core can define an aligned annular opening in the absorbent system and can maintain the topsheet layer in a spaced apart relationship from the distribution layer.

Absorbent article with an absorbent system having an annular opening

A liquid absorbent structure is made by dry laying a fibrous web having incorporated therein a superabsorbent material, and applying an aqueous composite stabilizer to at least one surface of the web. The aqueous composite stabilizer imparts integrity to the resulting structure without substantially impairing the effectiveness of the superabsorbent material to absorb liquid while forming the absorbent structure without removing the water from aqueous composite stabilizer or drying out the absorbent structure. The absorbent composite absorbs the water from the aqueous composite stabilizer. The absorbent composite comprises about 70% by weight of a superabsorbent material.

Method of forming an absorbent structure

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Sara Lynn Rosack