Disclosed is an adult disposable absorbent pant having front and rear panels each comprising stretch laminate material. The stretch laminate material may have an inner layer and an outer layer, each formed of nonwoven web material, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced, laterally extending and laterally pre-strained elastic strands therebetween. The plurality of elastic strands in at least one of the front and rear panels has an average longitudinal strand spacing of 2 mm to 6 mm, and imparts a Rugosity Area to the panel. The Rugosity Area bears a pattern of printing, visible from outside the pant. The pattern of printing may be configured to impart a Percent Rugosity Area with a Color Contrast of at least 50 percent, for the panel. The pattern of printing serves to obscure rugosity of the panel.

Disposable absorbent articles suitable for providing bladder leakage cessation for females that experience urinary incontinence may comprise a primary sheet, a secondary sheet, and an absorbent sheet disposed between the primary and secondary sheet. The four-sided primary and secondary sheets each may include four edges, whereby each edge having a selvedge. The absorbent sheet may further include a plurality of macrofolds folded in a counter direction to the primary sheet length and the secondary sheet length. The selvedge edges of the primary sheet and the secondary sheet may couple together around the absorbent sheet to form a pillow package. With the proper placement of the pillow package, bladder leakage can be stopped and mitigated. The article can exhibit an article length and width from about 38 mm to about 50 mm.

A tampon assembly having a barrel, a plunger, and a pledget is provided. The plunger is slidably received in the barrel. The pledget is in the barrel between the insertion tip and the plunger so that a force applied on the plunger can expel the pledget from the barrel. The barrel has a plurality of petals defining an insertion tip, which has a first taper ratio of more than about 0.3 to less than 1.0. The pledget has a shaped tip that is disposed in the insertion tip.

A tampon assembly having a barrel, a plunger, and a pledget is provided. The plunger is slidably received in the barrel. The pledget is in the barrel between the insertion tip and the plunger so that a force applied on the plunger can expel the pledget from the barrel. The barrel has a plurality of petals defining an insertion tip, which has a first taper ratio of more than about 0.3 to less than 1.0. The pledget has a shaped tip that is disposed in the insertion tip.

On a wearer's body contact surface of a sanitary napkin, an emboss is provided in such a pattern that a plurality of straight portions and arc-shaped portions which protrude outwardly in the direction of the width of the napkin, with the ends of the straight portions being base points, are alternately arranged. A plurality of arc-shaped portions are arranged, and thus the resistance to a leg pressure from the outside in the width direction is increased, with the result that the absorber is unlikely to be wrinkled and leakage caused by the wrinkle is unlikely to occur. The flow of a body fluid diffused from the center in the width direction toward the outside in the longitudinal direction of the napkin along the straight portion is produced, and thus the diffusion in the width direction is reduced, with the result that side leakage is unlikely to occur.

The present disclosure provides for a pantiless liner for a user and a method of positioning the pantiless liner. The pantiless liner can include a moisture-impervious layer, a core, a transfer adhesive layer, a body adhesive layer, and a protective layer. The core can include a super absorbent polymer (SAP) layer and a fabric layer. The body adhesive layer can be disposed on a perimeter of the fabric layer. The body adhesive layer can be configured to contact the user and to adhere to the body. The method can include positioning the pantiless liner lengthwise such that an inner boundary between the fabric layer and the body adhesive layer is positioned adjacent to a clitoral hood of user and such that a rear portion of the pantiless liner is positioned on a portion of a perineum of the user.

An apparatus for obtaining a biological sample from an exposed surface of a human or animal body, the apparatus including a plurality of separate and porous ceramic particles for absorbing and adsorbing biological material from the exposed surface; and a permeable covering for containing the plurality of separate and porous ceramic particles, wherein the biological material having been absorbed and adsorbed by the plurality of separate and porous ceramic particles forms the biological sample.

A disposable absorbent pant having a front belt portion and a rear belt portion is disclosed. The front and rear belt portions are joined at side seams and the rear belt portion has a greater length than the front belt portion. A lower edge of the rear belt portion forms at least in part edges of left and right leg openings to the rear of the side seams. The rear belt portion includes first and second layers of nonwoven web material sandwiching a plurality of laterally extending and laterally pre-strained elastic strands, disposed below the side seams. A first of the plurality of elastic strands differs from a second of the plurality of elastic strands by one or more of amount of pre-strain, tensile modulus, decitex, and combinations thereof.

A process of making an absorbent article is disclosed. A liquid permeable topsheet web extending substantially continuously in a machine direction a backsheet web, and an acquisition layer are provided. The topsheet web has first and second surfaces. The backsheet web extends substantially continuously in the machine direction. The acquisition layer has a first and second surface. The topsheet and acquisition layer are aligned in a face to face relationship such that the second surface of the topsheet in in contact with the first surface of the acquisition layer and simultaneously mechanically deformed which combines the topsheet with the acquisition layer. The topsheet web and acquisition layer are nested together such that a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the topsheet web coincide with and fit together with a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the acquisition layer to provide a topsheet/acquisition layer laminate web having three-dimensional protrusions.

A tampon for feminine hygiene, having an insertion end, a recovery end, a recovery tape, and a longitudinal axis. The tampon is made of compressed fibrous material and has an outer surface that is at least partially provided with spirally shaped, pressed longitudinal grooves. The grooves define spirally shaped longitudinal ribs. Also disclosed is a method for producing the tampon.