Patent ID: 6689116
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29K

Abstract:
An absorbent article having a front part, a rear part and an intermediate central part, said article including an absorbent body enclosed between an inner, liquid-permeable sheet and a liquid-impermeable outer sheet, and fastener devices for releasably connecting side-portions of the front and rear parts located on a same side of a longitudinal symmetry line of said article either directly or indirectly, said fastener devices being made of a renewable material,wherein the fastener devices are fastened by welding to at least one of the sheets of said article; and wherein the fastener devices and said at least one of the or sheets to which the fastener devices are fastened are made of a material having a glass transition temperature which lies between 50-60Â° C. and a melting point which lies between 140-180Â° C.