Patent ID: 6506187
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article, comprising:a front and a rear end-part, an intermediate crotch part intended to be placed between the wearer's thighs in use, longitudinally extending edge regions having longitudinally extending edges, transversely extending edges, a bottom liquid-impermeable sheet, an absorbent sheet or layer, longitudinally extending liquid barriers fastened along or at the longitudinally extending edge regions of said article and including a free stretchable edge which is puckered or gathered at least at its centre part, side-flaps which extend laterally outwardly of the liquid barriers and have longitudinally extending elastic elements along said free stretchable edges at least in the crotch part, said elastic elements serving as leg elastic when the article is worn, a first upper, essentially liquid-permeable surface sheet between said liquid barriers, and a second upper, essentially liquid-impermeable surface sheet outwardly of the liquid barriers, wherein ends of said liquid barriers are folded down at the front or the rear end-part and fastened flat against portions of the first or the second surface sheet, and wherein the portions are permeable to liquid, down to the absorbent layer extending beneath at least the portions; and the downwardly folded ends of the liquid barriers are permeable to liquid and center parts of the liquid barriers between the folded ends are liquid impermeable.