Patent ID: 7048725
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent product selected from the group consisting of a diaper and an incontinence garment, having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, comprising a liquid-impermeable back sheet, which in use is distal from the body of a wearer, and a liquid-permeable top sheet, which in use is proximal to the body of the wearer; said product having a front part, a rear part and a crotch part lying between the front and rear parts; the product further comprising an absorbent structure between the top sheet and the back sheet, extending longitudinally from the front part to the rear part; the absorbent structure comprising at least two separate absorbent cores, whereby at least one first absorbent core extends longitudinally from the front part to the rear part and has a substantially rectangular shape, and at least one second absorbent core is disposed only in the front part or the rear part; the first absorbent core being in fluid communication with the second absorbent core; and the width of the second absorbent core being greater than the largest width of the first absorbent core, such that the first and second absorbent cores form a T-shaped absorbent structure.