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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
John Richard Noel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/472 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); A61F 13/474 (2006.01); A61F 13/536 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/472 (2013.01); A61F 13/474 (2013.01); A61F 13/536 (2013.01); A61F 13/8405 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530875 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8455 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catamenial device. The device comprises a topsheet having a body facing surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises three zones differing in stiffness, at least one of the zones comprising laterally-oriented portions where material from the core has been removed, the portions defining slots.