Patent ID: 7493870

Claim:
A pet waste absorption sheet comprising: a liquid-impermeable backsheet; a liquid-permeable topsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet, the topsheet having a chemical solution containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of perfume, deodorant, and sterilant, wherein the topsheet is a nonwoven fabric impregnated with the chemical solution, the pet waste absorption sheet is folded for packaging such that at least a first portion of the topsheet is folded upon itself, the chemical solution is directly applied in a strip to the first portion of the topsheet in a first region only which is parallel to and laterally displaced to a single side of a longitudinal centerline of the pet waste absorption sheet, the strip further being disposed between a first fold line created by folding the first portion of the topsheet upon itself and a first lateral edge of the pet waste absorption sheet, such that the strip is positioned between confronting faces of the first portion of the topsheet when the first portion of the topsheet is folded upon itself, and a second portion of the topsheet is folded upon the backsheet along a second fold line and is free of the chemical solution.