Patent ID: 11969325
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. An absorbent article in the form of feminine hygiene pad or adult incontinence pad, comprising a liquid permeable continuous topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent structure disposed between the continuous topsheet and the backsheet,
the article having a central longitudinally elongate absorbent portion comprising the absorbent structure, flanked by two wing portions opposingly laterally extending from the absorbent portion and being substantially without any portion of the absorbent structure, the continuous topsheet at least partially forming the wing portions;
wherein the continuous topsheet is formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material comprising an accumulation of filaments and having an absorbent-facing side and a wearer-facing side, the wearer-facing side comprising an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions,
wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of filaments according to the ordered arrangement;
wherein the attenuated regions are comprised by a hinge portion following a path extending generally longitudinally along one of the wing portions;
wherein the attenuated regions are comprised by a configuration of channel portions following one or a plurality of paths, the one or plurality of paths predominately circumscribing a discharge locus on the longitudinal axis; and
wherein the one or plurality of paths predominately circumscribing the discharge locus are discontinuous.