Patent ID: 9138361
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the article being selectively configurable from a wear configuration to a disposal configuration wherein the article is compacted for disposal, said article comprising: a liquid permeable liner defining an inner surface of the article for facing the wearer; an outer cover defining an outer surface of the article for facing away from the wearer; an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover; a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, the front and back waist regions being one of permanently attached and releasably attachable to each other by an article fastening system to define the wear configuration of the absorbent article, the article having, in the wear configuration, a waist opening and a pair of leg openings; and a pair of disposal tabs, each disposal tab having an attachment region and a tab region extending transversely outward from the attachment region, the attachment region having a first surface and a second opposite surface, the first surface of the attachment region being attached to one of said front and back waist regions of the article, the second surface of the attachment region of the disposal tab defining part of the article fastening system such that the second surface at least in part attaches the front and back waist regions in the wear configuration of the absorbent article, the tab region having a fastening component attachable to the outer cover of the article in at least the disposal configuration of the article to thereby hold the article in the compacted, disposal configuration.