Patent · US Expired

Absorbent article and a method for its manufacture

US5814036A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
12References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1997
Grant dateSep 29, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F13/505
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An absorbent article such as a diaper, an incontinence guard, a sanitary napkin or like article manufactured from a generally rectangular blank is characterized in that leakage barriers are constructed from those folds which are formed in the material as the blank is folded to a desired shape.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.