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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Ontex Bv, Buggenhout, BE;
Ontex Group NV, Erembodegem, BE;
Christina Lambertz, Neuwied, DE;
Katharina Sprotte, Koblenz, DE;
Agnes Dominika Reuter, Cologne, DE;
Ontex BV, Buggenhout, BE;
Ontex Group NV, Erembodegem, BE;
Abstract
The current invention concerns an absorbent article () comprising an absorbent core () sandwiched between a liquid permeable topsheet () and a liquid impermeable backsheet (), and an acquisition distribution layer () arranged between said topsheet () and said absorbent core (), wherein the absorbent core () comprises at least an absorbent material layer. According to the invention the topsheet () consists essentially of an air-through bonded nonwoven layer and is free of spunbond nonwoven layers, the acquisition distribution layer () comprises a spunbonded and/or thermocarded nonwoven layer, and the absorbent core () comprises at least one channel () free of absorbent material. The invention also relates to the use of such an absorbent article (), for managing liquid stool.