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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Ekatarina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Bad Soden, DE;
Monika Imgard Johanning, Steinbach/Ts, DE;
Ralf Geilich, Eppstein, DE;
Ekatarina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Bad Soden, DE;
Monika Imgard Johanning, Steinbach/Ts, DE;
Ralf Geilich, Eppstein, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article including a backsheet, an absorbent core, a topsheet with apertures, and a sublayer that includes at least one acquisition layer. The sublayer includes a multitude of holes. At least some of the apertures overlap partially at least some of the holes to form combined apertures in an overlap area that has an open area of between 15% and 50%. The absorbent article may provide improved isolation of feces away from the skin of a wearer of the absorbent article and/or improved immobilization of feces received by the absorbent article.