Compound sanitary napkin having flaps and zone of extensibility

US6458112B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Robert E Lee Marshall, III · St. Bernard, US
• Jin Song · Sha Tin, CN
• Nami Terada · Kobe, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/535
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a compound sanitary napkin (20) comprising a primary absorbent member (30), a base member (50), flaps (33) and at least one zone of extensibility (66). The compound sanitary napkin (20) has a longitudinal center line along a longitudinal direction and a transverse center line along a transverse direction. The primary absorbent member (30) has a longitudinal length (PL), a transverse width (PW), a thickness (PT), a pair of longitudinal sides (24) and a pair of transverse ends (25), and comprises a primary absorbent element (30) and a fluid pervious cover (32) superimposed on the primary absorbent element (30). The base member (50) has a longitudinal length, a transverse width, a thickness, a pair of longitudinal sides (21) and a pair of transverse ends, and comprises a fluid pervious body-facing sheet (52) and a fluid impervious garment-facing sheet (54) joined to the fluid pervious body-facing sheet (52), the primary absorbent member (30) is joined to the base member (50) at least at a part of the longitudinal direction of the primary absorbent member (30). Flaps (33) extend laterally outwardly from the longitudinal sides of the base member (50). Ea…