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Patent No.:

US 11497654 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2020

Absorbent article with tackifier-free adhesive

Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

William L. Bunnelle, Ham Lake, MN (US);

Robert Haines Turner, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:

Daniel S. Albrecht

Primary Examiner:

Michele M Kidwell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61L 15/42 (2006.01); C08L 23/22 (2006.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01); A61L 15/58 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 23/00 (2006.01); C09J 123/20 (2006.01); C09J 5/06 (2006.01); C09J 123/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61L 15/42 (2013.01); A61L 15/585 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 23/00 (2013.01); C08L 23/22 (2013.01); C09J 5/06 (2013.01); C09J 123/20 (2013.01); C09J 123/22 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15569 (2013.01); A61L 2300/802 (2013.01); B32B 2250/02 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2207/324 (2013.01); C09J 2301/304 (2020.08); Y10T 428/3188 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31938 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method of assembling an absorbent article having the steps of: a) providing a hot melt adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive has an amorphous polyolefin composition with more than 40% 1-butene and from about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a second amorphous polymer, and wherein the hot melt adhesive composition comprises less than 5% of a tackifier; b) providing a plurality of absorbent article components; and c) joining at least one of the absorbent article components to another of the absorbent article components using the adhesive so as to assemble the absorbent article.

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