Patent ID: 11896466
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 20:
21. An absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet film;
an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet film;
an outer cover nonwoven material in a facing relationship with at least a portion of the backsheet film, the outer cover nonwoven material comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising a garment-facing surface;
wherein the outer cover nonwoven material is hydrophobic;
first and second visually discernible zones on the garment-facing surface;
each of the first and second visually discernible zones having a pattern of three-dimensional features;
each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region;
the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property;
the difference in values for an intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the first zone is different from the difference in values for the intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the second zone;
wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises bond skinning, wherein the bond skinning comprises thermally bonding fibers to form a film skin, and wherein an amount of thermal bonding in the first region differs from an amount of thermal bonding in the second region;
wherein the first region has a Time to Wick value in the range of about 10 second to about 60 seconds, according to the Time to Wick Test Method;
wherein the second region has a Time to Wick value in the range of about 0.5 seconds to about 10 seconds, according to the Time to Wick Test Method;
wherein a portion of the garment-facing surface has a total region one, lower basis weight area of about 5% to about 25% of a total area of the portion of the garment-facing surface, with the remainder of the portion of the garment-facing surface being a total region two, high basis weight area, the portion having a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 4.5 dB V2 rms, according to the Emtec Test; and
wherein the portion of the garment-facing surface has a TS750 value in the range of about 6 dB V2 rms to about 30 dB V2 rms, according to the Emtec Test.