Patent ID: 11957555
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 0:
1. An absorbent article comprising a topsheet forming at least a portion of a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article, a backsheet forming at least a portion of a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet,
wherein the absorbent article comprises a nonwoven material,
wherein the nonwoven material comprises at least 20%, by weight of the nonwoven material, of core/sheath bicomponent fibers,
wherein the core component of the core/sheath bicomponent fibers is formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the sheath component is formed of a thermoplastic polymer other than PET,
wherein the PET does not comprise a phosphorous compound;
wherein the PET comprises less than 150 ppm of antimony, and
wherein the core component has an a* value unequal to zero and a b* value unequal to zero.