Patent ID: 7686790
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, first and second longitudinally opposed end portions, and an intermediate portion located between the end portions, said article comprising a liquid-permeable cover; a baffle; an absorbent body sandwiched between said cover and baffle, the absorbent body having perimeter side-edges, perimeter end-edges, an intake layer and a shaping layer; and a nonlinear embossment region formed in at least a portion of said cover and said absorbent body, said embossment region extending longitudinally along said intermediate portion of the article; wherein the embossment region has a pattern-shape with back-and-forth cycles which traverse back-and-forth along the lateral direction; the embossment region is continuous along each back-and-forth cycle of the pattern-shape; and the back-and-forth cycles of the embossment region are located proximate to and entirely inboard from the perimeter side-edges and end-edges of the absorbent body, the back-and-forth cycles of the embossment region thereby arranged to not intersect the perimeter edges of the absorbent body; and wherein said embossment region extends continuously along at least about 1.5 back-and-forth cycles of the pattern-shape along at least said intermediate portion of the article.