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U.S. Patent No. 11,998,431

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry, Rodman Media

Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY; Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH; Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH; John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH; Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH; Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY; Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH; Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH; and Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 12/5/23
Issued: 6/4/24

An absorbent article comprising: a central lateral axis bisecting the absorbent article into a front region and a back region; a topsheet; a patterned apertured web joined to or positioned on the topsheet and comprising: a first layer; a second layer; first and second zones formed in the first and second layers; the first zone comprising: a first plurality of apertures, wherein at least some apertures of the first plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to an Aperture Test; first land areas surrounding at least some of the first plurality of apertures; and a first plurality of embossments; wherein the first zone has a first Effective Open Area, according to the Aperture Test; and the second zone comprising: a second plurality of apertures, wherein the first plurality of apertures have a different pattern than a pattern of the second plurality of apertures, and wherein at least some apertures of the second plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to the Aperture Test; second land areas surrounding at least some of the second plurality of apertures; and a second plurality of embossments; wherein the second zone has a second Effective Open Area, according to the Aperture Test, and wherein the first Effective Open Area is different than the second Effective Open area; wherein the second zone of the patterned apertured web is positioned at least partially in a back region of the absorbent article, and wherein the second zone does not fully surround the first zone; wherein the first zone is free from overlap with the second zone; wherein the first layer and the second layer comprise carded fibers; wherein the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures extend through the first layer and the second layer; and wherein the first layer is joined to the second layer; a backsheet; and an absorbent core positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet.

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