Absorbent article having a topsheet that includes selectively op

Details Absorbent article having a topsheet that includes selectively op Absorbent article having a topsheet that includes selectively op

1998-06-05

1999-02-23

Weiss, John G.

Surgery

Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material

Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...

6043851, 604358, A61F 1315

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058738681

ABSTRACT:
An absorbent article adapted to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer. The article includes a liquid-impervious, flexible backsheet adapted to face outwardly relative to the body a wearer, a liquid-pervious topsheet adapted to face the body of the wearer, and an absorbent core positioned between the backsheet and the topsheet. The topsheet is elastically extensible and includes a plurality of slits or cuts that extend through the topsheet material and that enlarge to define a plurality of openings in the topsheet when it is subjected to tensile forces as it is worn. The openings permit solid and semi-solid bodily exudates to pass through the topsheet to the absorbent core as the diaper is worn. Upon removal of the diaper from the body of the wearer the tensile forces within the topsheet are relaxed, thereby causing the openings in the topsheet to close and substantially conceal from view the bodily exudates that had passed through the topsheet.

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