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Absorbent article

US6706030B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2001
Grant dateMar 16, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 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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