Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web for absorbent articles and absorbent articles including same
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Application No.: US16854085Application Date: 2020-04-21
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Publication No.: US12059333B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Andrew D. Maschino , Brian C. Loomis , Todd R. Skochdopole , Paul Eugene Thomas
- Applicant: FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC
- Applicant Address: US SC Simpsonville
- Assignee: FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC
- Current Assignee: FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Simpsonville
- Agency: KARCESKI IP LAW, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61F13/15
- IPC: A61F13/15 ; A61F13/511 ; A61F13/512 ; A61L15/26 ; B29C59/04 ; A61F13/51 ; B29K105/08 ; B29L31/48

Abstract:
An apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web for use as a topsheet in an absorbent article includes a nonwoven material having a user-facing side and a garment-facing side opposite the user-facing side. The nonwoven material includes a plurality of fibers. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web also includes a polymer coating on the garment-facing side of the nonwoven material, the polymer coating having a basis weight of about 2 gsm to about 6 gsm, and a plurality of three-dimensional apertures that extend through the nonwoven material and the polymer coating. Each of the plurality of three-dimensional apertures includes a continuous sidewall extending from a garment-facing side of the polymer coating. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web has an open area of greater than 5% when subjected to a pressure of 0.6 psi.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200330292A1 APERTURED EXTRUSION COATED NONWOVEN WEB FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND ABSORBENT ARTICLES INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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