Patent ID: 6629965
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article selected from the group consisting of a sanitary napkin, a panty liner and a female incontinence napkin, the article comprising:a front portion, a rear portion, an absorbent body enclosed between a liquid-permeable casing sheet, which in use is intended to face a wearer's body, and a liquid-impermeable casing sheet intended to face away from the wearer's body; said absorbent body comprising a central pad that extends from a front end of the front portion to a rearmost edge of the rear portion; two side bodies which extend along side edges of the absorbent body and along a part of said absorbent body on respective sides thereof; said absorbent body narrowing rearwardly from a section of greatest width located in the front portion to the rearmost edge of the rear portion; said side bodies extending rearwardly from a point on a tapering part of the absorbent body and terminating at the rearmost edge of the rear portion, whereby during use of the absorbent article, the side bodies abut the wearer's buttocks.