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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rong Deng, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US);
Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH (US);
Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY (US);
John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH (US);
Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is described herein. The topsheet includes a first zone disposed between a second zone and a third zone; a first end area and a second end area; and an array of features which includes one of apertures, tufts, ridges, or grooves disposed in the first zone. A plurality of bond sites are disposed in the second and third zones. The plurality of bond sites are configured in a curvilinear manner in at least the first end area or the second end area and mask a boundary of the first zone.