Patent ID: 6162204
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and displaying a crotch part and two end parts, and comprising:a liquid-permeable cover layer intended to face towards a user during use;a liquid-impermeable cover layer intended to face away from the user during use;an absorbent body enclosed between the two cover layers;said two cover layers having differing extensibility in the transverse direction of the article;a forming element which is rigid in the transverse direction, and which extends in the transverse direction of the article at least in the crotch part; said forming element being permanently attached to at least one component in the article;whereby compression of the article in the transverse direction will force the forming element to curve in a direction towards the cover layer displaying the greater extensibility in the transverse direction.