Patent ID: 6613028
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A personal care absorbent article comprising:a fluid intake/distribution layer; and a fluid transfer delay layer disposed beneath said fluid intake/distribution layer, said fluid transfer delay layer enabling a transfer of fluid from the fluid intake/distribution layer to a pad layer disposed beneath said fluid transfer delay layer while still allowing fluid distribution by said fluid intake/distribution layer along a machine direction of the article resulting in saturation levels of less than about 0.86 g/g/in of fluid in said fluid intake/distribution layer obtained from a Flat System Testing Procedure; wherein the fluid transfer delay layer has one of a permeability greater than about 530 darcies and a capillarity (&Dgr;P/&ggr;) greater than about 0.0020 micronsâˆ’1.