Absorbent Article With Hydrophilic Lotion And High Barrier Cuffs

Abstract

This invention is directed to an absorbent article to be worn by a wearer comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core and a hydrophilic lotion to reduce the adherence of the menses or feces to the skin, thereby improving the ease of menses or bowl movement (BM) clean up; the absorbent article further comprises one or more cuffs to provide a high barrier to reduce leakage of liquids, such as urine.

1 . An absorbent article to be worn by a wearer comprising a backsheet, a topsheet, an absorbent core, one or more cuffs and a lotion, wherein said lotion is a hydrophilic lotion, having a water solubility of at least about 40%; and said one or more cuffs comprise a cuff material, said cuff or said cuff material having a hydrostatic head of at least about 30 mbar and/or a strike through time of at least about 600 seconds. 
   
   
       2 . The absorbent article according to  claim 1 , wherein said one or more cuffs comprise one or more nonwoven webs, each web comprising one or more layers; and said lotion comprises a first component which is liquid at about 25° C. and a second component which is solid at about 25° C. 
   
   
       3 . An absorbent article to be worn by a wearer comprising a backsheet, a topsheet, an absorbent core, one or more cuffs and a lotion, wherein said lotion comprises a first component which is liquid at about 25° C. and a second component which is solid at about 25° C.; said first component comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of:
 (a) liquid polyethylene glycol;   (b) liquid, polyhydric alcoholic solvents; and   (c) liquid fatty acid esters comprising at least one fatty acid unit and at least one ethylene glycol unit;   and said second component comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of:   (a) solid polyethylene glycol;   (b) solid nonionic surfactants with HLB value of at least about 10;   (c) solid fatty compounds selected from the group consisting of solid fatty acids, solid fatty soaps and solid fatty alcohols; and   (d) ethoxylated natural oils and fats or propoxylated natural oils and fats, such as PEG-150 jojoba; and   wherein said one or more cuffs comprise one or more nonwoven webs, each comprising one or more nonwoven layers; and wherein said at least one nonwoven web either:   i) as a basis weight of at least about 19 g/m 2 ; or   ii) comprise at least 4 layers.   
   
   
       4 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein said cuffs comprise a cuff material, and said cuff or said cuff material has a hydrostatic head of at least about 35 mbar and/or a strike through time of at least about 1000 seconds. 
   
   
       5 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein said lotion comprises at least about 20% by weight of said first component or at least about 20% by weight of said second component; and wherein said one or more cuffs, each comprise at least one nonwoven web, wherein at least one is a spunbond nonwoven layer and at least one is a meltblown or nano-fiber nonwoven layer. 
   
   
       6 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein said lotion is applied on the topsheet. 
   
   
       7 . The absorbent article of  claim 2 , wherein said lotion is applied in an amount of at least about 0.015 gsm and said cuffs or nonwoven layers comprise a coating of at least one barrier agent selected from the group consisting of silicone polymers and fluorinated polymers and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       8 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein said nonwoven web has a basis weight of at least about 19 g/m 2  and comprises at least about 5 g/m 2  of spunbond fibers and further comprises at least about 2 g/m 2  of meltblown fibers and/or at least about 2 g/m 2  nano fibers. 
   
   
       9 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the cuff comprises two spunbond (S) and three meltblown (M) nonwoven layers wherein the sequence of these layers is SMMMS. 
   
   
       10 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article is an incontinence article, a diaper or a pant like diaper. 
   
   
       11 . The absorbent article according to  claim 3 , wherein said one or more cuffs comprise one or more nonwoven webs, each web comprising one or more layers; and said lotion comprises a first component which is liquid at about 25° C. and a second component which is solid at about 25° C. 
   
   
       12 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein said cuffs comprise a cuff material, and said cuff or said cuff material has a hydrostatic head of at least about 35 mbar and/or a strike through time of at least about 1000 seconds. 
   
   
       13 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein said lotion comprises at least about 20% by weight of said first component or at least about 20% by weight of said second component; and wherein said one or more cuffs, each comprise at least one nonwoven web, wherein at least one is a spunbond nonwoven layer and at least one is a meltblown or nano-fiber nonwoven layer. 
   
   
       14 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein said lotion is applied on the topsheet. 
   
   
       15 . The absorbent article of  claim 11 , wherein said lotion is applied in an amount of at least about 0.015 gsm and said cuffs or nonwoven layers comprise a coating of at least one barrier agent selected from the group consisting of silicone polymers and fluorinated polymers and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       16 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein said nonwoven web has a basis weight of at least about 19 g/m 2  and comprises at least about 5 g/m 2  of spunbond fibers and further comprises at least about 2 g/m 2  of meltblown fibers and/or at least about 2 g/m 2  nano fibers. 
   
   
       17 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein the cuff comprises two spunbond (S) and three meltblown (M) nonwoven layers wherein the sequence of these layers is SMMMS. 
   
   
       18 . The absorbent article of  claim 3 , wherein the absorbent article is an incontinence article, a diaper or a pant like diaper.