Patent ID: 6383169
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A sanitary napkin having a releasable wrapper joined thereto, said sanitary napkin comprising:a main body portion having a pair of longitudinal side edges, said main body portion comprising a liquid pervious body-facing side, a liquid impervious garment-facing side, an absorbent core positioned between said body-facing side and said garment-facing side, and an adhesive fastener on said garment-facing side of said main body portion, said sanitary napkin further comprising a pair of side flaps extending laterally outward beyond the longitudinal side edges of said main body portion, said flaps each having an adhesive fastener on their garment-facing side; a releasable wrapper comprising a main wrapping sheet having an inside surface, an outside surface, and a releasable material on said inside surface for releasably securing said main wrapping sheet to said adhesive fastener on said garment-facing side of said main body portion; and at least one flap release element having an inside surface, an outside surface, free ends, and a releasable material on said inside surface for releasably securing said flap release element to one of said adhesive fasteners on said sanitary napkin flaps, said flap release element being pivotably joined to said main wrapping sheet wherein said flap with said flap release element releasably attached thereto is folded over said body-facing side of said sanitary napkin and the free ends of said flap release element overlie the body-facing side of said sanitary napkin while said main wrapping sheet is in a substantially planar configuration.