Absorbent Article with Improved Laminate Topsheet

Pietro Cecchetto, Fairfield, OH.

Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/7/23
Issued: 6/16/26

An absorbent personal hygiene article comprising a topsheet, the topsheet comprising a laminate web comprising an upper layer of polymer film directly bonded to a lower layer of nonwoven web; wherein the polymer film: comprises predominantly polyethylene (PE); has a basis weight of 8 gsm to 20 gsm; has formed thereon a pattern of cones and valleys, the cones projecting upwardly from adjacent valleys to rim edges proximate an upper side of the laminate web, the cones circumscribing and defining apertures through the polymer film, wherein the nonwoven web has a basis weight of 12 gsm to 24 gsm, and comprises staple fibers with randomly-distributed fiber-to-fiber fusion bonds thereamong, wherein the randomly-distributed fusion bonds are not compression bonds, and wherein the staple fibers: have an average denier of 3-12; and are spun of one or more polyolefins; wherein each of the film and the staple fibers have been modified with one or more hydrophilizing agents.