Absorbent article
US6706030B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F13/49466
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable antileakage sheet, a liquid-retentive absorbent core, having a substantially elongate shape, and having upstanding guards formed on longitudinal left and right opposing side portions of the absorbent article, the upstanding guards are provided with a plurality of upstanding guard elastic members so as to form a gather over the entire region in the widthwise direction of the upstanding guard, the upstanding guard is sectioned into a free end region, a central region and a basal end region so as to trisect it in its widthwise direction, and the stress of the free end region is larger than that of the other regions.
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