Sanitary napkin having an independently displaceable central core segment

US5591148A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ronald Ray McFall · Sharonville, US
• Letha Margory Hines · Wyoming, US
• David Christopher Oetjen · Sharonville, US
• John Lee Hammons · Hamilton, US
• Shirley Lee Chow · Cincinnati, US
• Patricia L. Lampson · Cincinnati, US
• Megan R. Moore · Cincinnati, US
• James W. Cree · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/530175
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sanitary napkin is disclosed having an absorbent core comprising a central core segment and two side core segments. The sanitary napkin also includes a lifting member for displacing the central core segment relative to the side core segments.