Patent ID: 8317768
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable top sheet; a backing sheet; an absorbent core enclosed therebetween; an elongated hole extending in a longitudinal direction of the article is made in the absorbent core; and first and second elastic elements attached to opposite lateral edges of the absorbent core extending along said hole in the longitudinal direction and said top sheet is affixed to said elastic elements and to a bottom of said hole, wherein said absorbent core includes an upper absorbent layer proximal to the top sheet and a lower absorbent layer distal to the top sheet, and said hole has the form of a Y, the central leg of said Y being extended along a longitudinal axis of the article and the legs of said Y diverging from said central leg being closer to the front end of the article than the central leg, wherein a third elastic element extends along the longitudinal axis of the article from a rear end of said hole to a rear end of the article or a rear end of the absorbent core and is attached to the upper absorbent layer and to the top sheet.