The Procter Gamble Company

Noxell Corporation

Sybille Fuchs

John Lee Hammons

Luisa Valerio Gonzalez

Jody Lynn Hoying

Timothy Ian Mullane

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Charles John Berg, Jr

Catherine Jean Randall

Wolfgang Werner Hans Domeier

Nanda Christine Almond

Bernd Andreas Findeis

Casandre Maffett Walsh

Andrea Kollwitz

Kathrin Pretz

Rachel Ann Lawton

Donna Marie Caudill

Angela Alexa Sch&auml;fer

Sirilak Wannaborworn

Samantha Jane Price

Uwe Thomas Michael Horst Hirsch

Veronique Marie Josephine Kremer

Martina Becker

Malte Koch

Casandre Maffet Walsh

Angela Alexa Schäfer

Rachel Ann Greenwood

A disposable absorbent article is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface, the topsheet being a composite or laminate structure having a first side and an opposing second side, the composite or laminate structure having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is a nonwoven and the second layer is a film, the topsheet having a pair of edge regions at least partially disposed on the wings and a central region disposed inboard of the pair of edge regions, wherein the pair of edge regions include a first plurality of discontinuities and the central region comprises a second plurality of discontinuities, wherein the first plurality of discontinuities and the second plurality of discontinuities are different; a backsheet forming a portion of the garment-facing surface; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.

Zoned topsheet

An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.

An absorbent article having a topsheet in facing relationship with an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of first tufts from a plurality of second tufts, first tufts and second tufts differing in either height or area density. The tuft region lateral boundaries are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. The tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along transversely opposite sides of the topsheet and are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing or gradually decreasing from a minimum or maximum, respectively, at a parallel transverse axis towards longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries. The tufts have fibers integral with and extending from the fibrous nonwoven web.

Absorbent article having a tufted topsheet

An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of the tufts from a portion of the topsheet devoid of tufts. Tuft region lateral boundaries are symmetrically disposed on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along at least part of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing from a minimum at a parallel transverse axis to a maximum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries or are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually decreasing from a maximum at a parallel transverse axis to a minimum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries.

An absorbent article having a topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The topsheet has an area. The second portion can differ in structure from the first portion. The second portion can have a structurally modified zone. The structurally modified zone has a periphery, a length, and a long axis. The length is the maximum straight-line dimension between two points on the periphery. The long axis extends between two points on the periphery separated by the length. The long axis of the structurally modified zone can be asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline. The structurally modified zone can make up more than about 5% of the area of the topsheet. The topsheet can have a lotion zone, the long axis of which is asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline and the transverse centerline.

Absorbent article

An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone, a second structurally modified zone, a third structurally modified zone, and a fourth structurally modified zone.

Regionalized topsheet

An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core in facing relationship with the topsheet. The topsheet has a central region, an inner intermediate region, an outer intermediate region, and an edge region, wherein the inner intermediate region is between the central region and the outer intermediate region and the outer intermediate region is between the inner intermediate region and the edge region. The central region texture, inner intermediate region texture, outer intermediate region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another. At least one of the central region, inner intermediate region, outer intermediate region, and edge region comprises tufted fibers. The central region is on the longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article.

An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone and a second structurally modified zone. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline and the first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of an axis parallel to the transverse centerline. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are spaced apart from one another. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone together make up more than about 10% of the area of the topsheet.

Sanitary towels

Digital tampons are disclosed which are capable of radially expanding into a non circular cross-sectional shape upon exposure to a wet environment, typically in use condition, so as to reduce bypass leakage. The inventions also relates to tampon blanks and a process of producing the tampons.

Tampon having an oval form after expansion and process for producing the same

Shaped tampons having varying volumes are provided. A tampon which is formed into a self-sustaining shape has an outer surface, which is substantially serpentine. The tampon also has continually changing volume. The shaped tampons may also have varying average fiber density regions. The shaped tampons may be wrapped in tightly conforming wrappers which optionally aid in maintaining the self-sustaining shape prior to use. Optionally, the shaped tampons may utilize tampon applicators which enable a user to visually see the shape of the tampon prior to use.

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Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Sybille Fuchs