TRISECTION TOPSHEETS FOR DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING SUCH TRISECTION TOPSHEETS

摘要

A TOPSHEET (22) FOR USE IN A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20). THE TOPSHEET (22) IS DIVIDED INTO THREE TRISECTIONS DISPOSED IN A PARTICULAR ARRANGEMENT ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20). THE FRONT TRISECTION (22F) HAS NO ELASTIC EXTENSIBILITY. THE CENTRAL TRISECTION (22C) HAS ELASTIC EXTENSIBILITY IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION. THE REAR TRISECTION (22R) HAS ELASTIC EXTENSIBILITY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION. IF DESIRED, THE TOPSHEET (22) MAY BE FURTHER PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE (46) FOR COMMUNICATING FECAL MATERIAL THROUGH THE TOPSHEET (22) INTO A VOID SPACE (52) IN THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20). AN EXEMPLARY DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20) IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE DISCLOSURE.(FIG 3)