Central Garden & Pet. has filed a patent for an absorbent floor pad that includes a fluid impermeable layer and an absorbent layer. The absorbent layer has folded edge regions that are folded back over the base region at an acute angle to create edge pockets for capturing liquid waste. GlobalData’s report on Central Garden & Pet gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Absorbent floor pad with folded edge region to capture liquid waste
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230309503A1) describes an absorbent floor pad that is designed to capture liquid waste effectively. The pad consists of a fluid impermeable layer and an absorbent layer, with the absorbent layer adhered to the fluid impermeable layer. The absorbent layer includes folded edge regions along the border of the pad, with a portion of these folded edge regions folded back over the base region of the absorbent layer at an acute fold angle. This creates an overlap region that forms edge pockets, which are designed to capture liquid waste.
The absorbent pad also includes inlet openings in the folded edge regions, allowing fluid to enter the edge pockets. These inlet openings are positioned in an imaginary plane perpendicular to the upper face of the pad. The vertical height of the inlet openings above the upper face ranges from 0.01 inch to 0.25 inch.
The edge pockets narrow from the inlet openings towards the fold line, either continuously or non-continuously. The overlap region, where the folded edge regions meet the base region, has a width ranging from 0.25 inch to 5 inches or 0.25 inch to 3 inches, depending on the claim.
The acute fold angle of the folded edge regions ranges from 1 degree to 30 degrees or 1 degree to 15 degrees, depending on the claim. The absorbent layer can have multiple folded edge regions along different border regions of the pad, creating multiple edge pockets to capture liquid waste.
The absorbent pad can have an edge border region that forms a continuous frame around the absorbent layer. In some cases, the continuous frame is formed by the fluid impermeable layer without the absorbent layer.
The fluid impermeable layer beneath the folded edge regions of the absorbent layer includes air flow channels, which can be in the form of a single channel or multiple parallel channels. These air flow channels can have a V-shaped cross-sectional profile.
Overall, this patent describes an absorbent floor pad with folded edge regions and edge pockets, designed to effectively capture liquid waste. The inclusion of air flow channels in the fluid impermeable layer enhances the pad's performance.
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