Sangwook Lee;Doohong Kim;Franz Aschenbrenner;Priscilla Goh Eng Choo;Meijia Ng;YeinSze Ong
发明人:
Meijia Ng,Sangwook Lee,YeinSze Ong,Doohong Kim,Priscilla Goh Eng Choo,Franz Aschenbrenner
申请号：
US13111155
公开号：
US20120296303A1
申请日:
2011.05.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An absorbent article that is capable of inhibiting leakage of a fluid insult is provided. The absorbent article contains a fluid-shrinkable member, topsheet, and a base pad that includes a baffle and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the baffle. The fluid-shrinkable member extends in a longitudinal direction of the article so that at least a portion of the member is located adjacent to an end of the topsheet. At least a portion of the end of the topsheet remains generally unbonded to the baffle. Thus, when the fluid-shrinkable member contracts upon contacting a fluid insult, the end of the topsheet can rise outwardly from the plane of the absorbent article. The raised area creates a barrier to the leakage of fluids from the center of the article towards its end. In certain embodiments, contraction of the fluid-shrinkable member can also cause an outer region of the topsheet to rise outwardly from the plane of the absorbent article to create a barrier to the leakage of fluids from the center of the article towards the side edge. Notably, because such barriers are generally created only after contact with a fluid insult, their effectiveness is not diminished through use of the article prior to the insult.
