Absorbent article, particularly sanitary napkin

US5762642A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Peter Coles · Kelkheim, DE
• Michael Divo · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Wolfgang Dietmar Schmidt · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 9, 1998
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/4758
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article, particularly a sanitary napkin comprises a liquid pervious topsheet (12), a liquid impervious backsheet (14) and an absorbent core (16, 18) interposed between the topsheet (12) and the backsheet (14). The core comprises a longitudinal center line and two edges. At least one liquid directing barrier structure is applied to the core and/or the topsheet on either side of the longitudinal center line thereof between the center line and the longitudinal edges.