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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt, DE;
Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Oakley, OH (US);
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt, DE;
Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Oakley, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of the tufts from a portion of the topsheet devoid of tufts. Tuft region lateral boundaries are symmetrically disposed on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along at least part of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing from a minimum at a parallel transverse axis to a maximum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries or are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually decreasing from a maximum at a parallel transverse axis to a minimum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries.