Patent ID: 9044358
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article, comprising: a chassis having longitudinal and transverse directions orthogonal to each other; a skin-contact surface; a first waist region; a second waist region; a crotch region extending in the longitudinal direction between said first waist region and said second waist region; an absorbent structure; a waist-opening defined by cooperation of said first and second waist regions; a pair of leg-openings defined by cooperation of said first and second waist regions and said crotch region; and a waist-cuff attached to said skin-contact surface in a region adjacent to said waist-opening in at least said first waist region of said first and second waist regions, wherein said waist-cuff is at least partially elastic, said waist-cuff is left free from said chassis in a middle region overlapping said absorbent structure and in non-joined regions outboard of and in vicinities of transversely opposite lateral edges of said absorbent structure, said waist-cuff is directly joined to the skin-contact surface of said chassis in a joined region, the first and second waist regions are joined together at a plurality of bonding lines overlapping the joined region in a thickness direction of the chassis, and the joined region includes