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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sonam Jayanti Patel, Mariemont, OH (US);
Edward Paul Carlin, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
James William Busch, Maineville, OH (US);
Steven Joseph Waas, Mason, OH (US);
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article having a primary topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent system therebetween is described. The primary topsheet has a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, and the backsheet has a body-facing surface and garment-facing surface. The absorbent system includes a first absorbent core having a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, and a second absorbent core disposed between the first absorbent core and the backsheet. The primary topsheet and at least a portion of the first absorbent core has one or more embossed channels including a central channel disposed on the body-facing surface of the primary topsheet. Each of the one or more embossed channels has a bottom surface subjacent to the body-facing surface of the primary topsheet and superjacent to the first absorbent core garment-facing surface.