Patent ID: 7491195
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising a top sheet, a back sheet, an absorbent core disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and in insult point, the absorbent core having a basis weight that is substantially equal to a basis weight of the insult point, whereby the absorbent article has a 3 variable urine only leakage performance index (PI 3UL ) of less than about 3.0, the PI 3UL being determined in accordance with the following equation (1): where Tc is the total capacity in grams, MS100 is the percent utilization of the core upon insult with 100 ml of 0.9 wt % saline solution, and AUL is the front pad absorbency under load of the absorbent article, expressed in grams of 0.9 wt % saline solution absorbed per gram of pad material, the AUL having a value of about 23 grams of fluid/gram of material or more.