Patent ID: 8523836
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the article having a transverse axis and comprising: a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer; an outer surface for facing away from the wearer; an absorbent body disposed therebetween; a front waist region and a back waist region each having side edges, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions; a pair of front side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the front waist region and a pair of back side panels each having an attachment edge attached to a side edge of the back waist region, each side panel having a free edge opposite the attachment edge, each front side panel free edge being releasably attachable to the free edge of an associated back side panel using article fastening components to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to one of the leg openings; and a finger tab extending from one of the back side panels, the finger tab having a distal end, a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge of the one of the back side panels, and a proximal end attached to the free edge of the one of the back side panels, wherein the distal end has a distal end longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab line has a tab line longitudinal midpoint, and wherein the distal end longitudinal midpoint is longitudinally offset from the tab line longitudinal midpoint in a direction toward the waist opening, wherein the tab line has a tab line upper end, wherein the finger tab distal end has a lower edge, and wherein the distal end lower edge is further longitudinally offset from the article transverse axis than is the tab line upper end.