Absorbent article
US6508798B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2013/53445
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An absorbent article having a front part (13; 13′), a rear part (14; 14′) and a crotch part (15; 15′) which lies therebetween. The article includes an absorbent body (1; 1′; 25) which is enclosed between an outer, liquid-impermeable casing sheet (7; 7′; 26) and an inner, liquid-permeable casing sheet (8; 8′; 27), this latter sheet lying proximal to a wearer's body in use. The article further includes on opposite sides of a longitudinal symmetry axis of the article flexible, longitudinally extending flaps (9, 10′ 9′, 10′; 28, 29), each of which is connected to the inner casing sheet along a longitudinal edge and which extends from the connected longitudinal edge in toward a longitudinal symmetry axis of the article. The flaps (9, 10; 9′, 10′; 28, 29) are joined together in the crotch part (15; 15′) of the article. The width of the flaps between the connected longitudinal edge and a free longitudinal edge of each flap is greatest in the crotch part (15; 15′) and decreases progressively from the crotch part (15; 15′) toward the respective front and rear parts (13, 14; 13′, 14′) whereby the …
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