Patent ID: 6953451
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A sanitary napkin adapted to be worn in a crotch portion of an undergarment of a wearer, said sanitary napkin having a main body including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer and an absorbent core intermediate the cover layer and barrier layer, the main body having two longitudinal side edges defining therebetween a width and two spaced apart transverse ends defining therebetween a length, an imaginary central longitudinal axis that bisects the main body into two substantially equal halves, a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a first end region, an opposite second end region and a central region intermediate the first and second end regions, the first end region and the second end region each having a respective preferential bending zone extending obliquely in relation to the longitudinal axis, said preferential bending zone extending from one longitudinal side area of the sanitary napkin to an opposite longitudinal side area and crossing the central longitudinal axis of the sanitary napkin, wherein each preferential bending zone is located solely in a respective end region and does not extend into the central region, wherein said preferential bending zone is arcuate.