Patent ID: 11925539
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis which is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the absorbent article further comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet; and
an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet,
wherein the topsheet comprises a material web comprising a film layer and a nonwoven layer, the material web comprising a surface, a plurality of vacuum-formed micro-apertures having an average open area, and a plurality of macro-deformations formed via mechanical deformation, wherein each of the plurality of macro-deformations comprises a sidewall extending in a Z-direction away from the surface and a distal end, wherein the distal end is partially open such that a portion of the distal end comprises a first subplurality of the micro-apertures, wherein the sidewall comprises a second subplurality of the micro-apertures that have been expanded but not ruptured via stretching, and wherein one of the first subplurality of micro-apertures and the second subplurality of micro-apertures has a larger average open area than the other subplurality of micro-apertures.