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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1997
Gretchen Louise Elder, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Laura Graves Van Rijswijck, Burlington, KY (US);
Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Frankfurt, DE;
Manfred Plischke, Steinbach/Ts., DE;
Julie Charlene Rule, Cincinnati, OH (US);
George Christopher Dobrin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Edward John Milbrada, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to absorbent articles which provide improved protection against skin overhydration. A particularly preferred embodiment of an absorbent article of the present invention comprises a body contacting surface having a skin care composition thereon that, when at least a portion of the composition is transferred to a wearer's skin by normal body motion or body heat, the material is effective in providing a skin condition benefit and a liquid impermeable, breathable backsheet having a mass vapor transmission rate value (MVTR) of at least about 1300 g/m.sup.2 /24 hr and an absorbent core having a post acquisition collagen rewet method value (PACORM) with a PACORM:MVTR ratio is less than 0.05 mg/(g/m.sup.2 /24 hr).