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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Jody Lynn Hoying, Mainville, OH (US);
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US);
Casandre Maffett Walsh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donna Marie Caudill, Madeira, OH (US);
Naomi Ruth Nelson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Jody Lynn Hoying, Mainville, OH (US);
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US);
Casandre Maffett Walsh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donna Marie Caudill, Madeira, OH (US);
Naomi Ruth Nelson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article having a topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The topsheet has an area. The second portion can differ in structure from the first portion. The second portion can have a structurally modified zone. The structurally modified zone has a periphery, a length, and a long axis. The length is the maximum straight-line dimension between two points on the periphery. The long axis extends between two points on the periphery separated by the length. The long axis of the structurally modified zone can be asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline. The structurally modified zone can make up more than about 5% of the area of the topsheet. The topsheet can have a lotion zone, the long axis of which is asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline and the transverse centerline.