Patent ID: 6569138
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article selected from the group consisting of a sanitary napkin, a panty liner and an incontinence protector for women, comprising an absorbent body that is enclosed between a liquid-permeable outer sheet and a liquid-impermeable outer sheet; said article having a front part which is intended to face forwards when the article is worn, and a rear part; said absorbent body continuously tapering rearwardly from a section of greatest width situated in the front part to an end of the rear part; said article including flexible outwardly projecting flaps which extend on respective sides of the absorbent body and have outer longitudinally extending edges that are inclined relative to a longitudinal symmetry axis of the article at an angle such that the distance between outer sides of said flaps and the longitudinal symmetry axis decreases in a direction towards a rear end of the article; at least one of the flaps having at least two adhesive strings comprising a forwardly lying string and a rearwardly lying string, on a side thereof which, in an unfolded state of the flap, lies on the same side of the article as the liquid-impermeable outer sheet; said adhesive strings extending parallel to the longitudinal symmetry axis and being offset relative to each other both longitudinally and transversely, whereby when the article is flat said rearwardly lying string is situated closer to the longitudinal symmetry axis than the forwardly lying string.