BARRIERLESS DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING AN ABSORBENT CORE ENCASED IN A HOMOGENEOUS OUTER WRAP

摘要

BARRIERLESS DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING AN ABSORBENT CORE ENCASED IN A HOMOGENEOUS OUTER WRAP Susan P. Ferguson and William F. Landrigan An article of manufacture is disclosed for absorbing liquids, particularly body exudates such as menstrual discharges. An absorbent core is encased in a homogeneous outer wrap which may be either unitary or integral. The outer wrap has a specified combination of caliper, apex opening as measured by the maximal diagonal, and a ratio of the apparent caliper to the maximal diagonal of the largest apex opening which impart an ability of the outer wrap to function both as a topsheet portion and as a backsheet portion without the necessity of providing a barrier within the article.