Menstrual pant

US9198805B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Brian Francis Gray · Kobe, JP
• Brett Darren Seitz · Sharonville, US
• Andres Ernesto Velarde · Cincinnati, US
• Bruce William Lavash · Sharonville, US
• Guido Bonelli · Pescara, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/530802
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system including a menstrual pant and an absorbent article. The menstrual pant can have a front part; a back part; a crotch part provided so as to bridge between the front part and the back part, the crotch being utilized for fitting a sanitary napkin, a waist opening part provided in an upper edge of the front part and an upper edge of the back part, a pair of leg openings provided below both side edges of the front part and both side edges of the back part; and a lifting strip disposed along the longitudinal centerline in the rear portion. The menstrual pant can apply body-contacting pressures to the wearer's body longitudinally through the crotch of 25 g/cm2 to 100 g/cm2. The absorbent article can have a topsheet having a body facing surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet. The absorbent article can exhibit a 30-minute Vertical Wicking Height of at least about 12 cm.