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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Sca Hygiene Products Ab, Gothenburg, SE;
Per Bergstrom, Gothenburg, SE;
Charlotte Persson, Gothenburg, SE;
Malin Lundman, Gothenburg, SE;
Frank Muller, Wiehl, DE;
Stefan Muller, Wiehl, DE;
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
An absorbent article, the absorbent article being a personal hygiene article, includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, an absorbent core enclosed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a fluid flow control member arranged between the top sheet and the backsheet. The fluid flow control member is a spacer fabric including a top layer, a bottom layer and an interconnecting layer of pile filaments between the top layer and the bottom layer. The spacer fabric has a ratio of thickness to basis weight at 15 kPa of at least 1.5·10m/gsm, as measured according to the Mecano-method disclosed herein.