Patent ID: 8778817

Claim:
A method of making a cover material for an absorbent article comprising: providing a fibrous nonwoven substrate formed from a plurality of constituent fibers, said substrate having a tortuousity value in the range of about 0.8 to about 3.0; conveying said substrate in a machine direction to means for applying a skin care composition; applying a particulate skin care material to said substrate, said particulate skin care comprising a particulate material having a particle size in the range of about 1 micron to about 75 microns, wherein said particulate skin care material is not suspended in liquid or dissolved as a solution in liquid; conveying said substrate to means for applying a compressive force to said substrate; applying a compressive force to said substrate to impregnate said substrate with said particulate skin care material, wherein said compressive force is sufficient to impregnate said substrate during manufacturing yet permits the transfer of said particulate material to a body of a user during use of the absorbent article; and wherein a process temperature of said method is less than a melting temperature of said plurality of constituent fibers.