Absorbent Articles with Channels:

Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Aniruddha Chatterjee, Kelkheim, Germany; Nelson Edward Greening, II, Cincinnati, OH; Sharon Irene Grenberg, Fairfield, OH; Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim, Germany; Cornelia Beate Martynus, Schwalbach, Germany; Marie Brigid O’Reilly, Cincinnati, OH; Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Sandra Sautter, Schwalbach, Germany; Beate Simon, Eschborn, Germany; Lutz Stelzig, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/17/20
Issued: 8/9/22

An absorbent article comprising: a central longitudinal axis; a total longitudinal length extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region positioned intermediate the front waist region and the rear waist region, wherein the front waist region, the rear waist region, and the crotch region each define 1/3 of the total longitudinal length of the absorbent article; a liquid permeable topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet and comprising an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is positioned within a core wrap, wherein the absorbent material comprises superabsorbent polymers, wherein the absorbent core defines a first channel therein, and wherein the first channel is free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis; and a material positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the core wrap, wherein the material comprises synthetic fibers, wherein the material defines a second channel therein, wherein the second channel is free of overlap with the central longitudinal axis, and wherein the second channel extends into the front waist region.