Patent ID: 6755808
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent garment comprising:longitudinally spaced first and second body panels each having a bodyside surface, a terminal waist edge and a terminal crotch edge, wherein said crotch edges of said first and second body panels are longitudinally spaced apart and define a gap therebetween and wherein said waist edges of said first and second body panels are longitudinally spaced apart; and an absorbent composite having a longitudinally extending length, a laterally extending width and longitudinally opposed first and second end regions having respective first and second ends, said absorbent composite comprising a backsheet, a topsheet and a retention portion disposed between said backsheet and said topsheet, wherein said absorbent composite bridges said gap between said crotch edges of said first and second body panels and wherein said first end region of said absorbent composite overlaps and is connected to said bodyside surface of said first body panel along a longitudinally extending center portion thereof and across an entirety of said width of said absorbent composite at said first end thereof, and wherein said second end region of said absorbent composite overlaps and is connected to said bodyside surface of said second body panel along a longitudinally extending center portion thereof and across an entirety of said width of said absorbent composite at said second end thereof, wherein said absorbent composite comprises a pair of laterally opposed side margins terminating in opposite, longitudinally extending outboard free edges, respectively, wherein said side margins are not attached to said first and second body panels and wherein each said longitudinally extending free edge extends between the connection across said width of said absorbent composite at said first end thereof to the connection across said width of the absorbent composite at said second end thereof, and wherein first and second portions of each of said side margins overlapping said first and second body panels respectively between said center portion and said free edge each have a relatively constant width between said center portion and said free edge.