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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Birgit Wirtz, Cologne, DE;
Walter van der Klugt, Mechernich, DE;
Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Oberursel, DE;
Aniruddha Chatterjee, Kelkheim, DE;
Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim, DE;
Holger Beruda, Schwalbach am Taunus, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article including a wearer-facing topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, characterized in that the absorbent core includes: a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate, and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles; a second absorbent layer, the second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer deposited on the second substrate, the mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers, the first absorbent layer and the second absorbent layer being combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer, and wherein the first absorbent layer is placed closer to the topsheet than the second layer.