Patent ID: 8187245
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising: a top-sheet having an inner side and an outside and a back-sheet having an inner side and an outside, the inner side of the back-sheet being directed towards the inner side of the top-sheet; a first elongate belt and a second elongate belt having free end portions for fastening the absorbent article around the waist of a wearer and attachment end portions that are fixedly attached to the outside of the back-sheet or to the outside of the top-sheet, wherein the free end portions of the elongate belts overlap and the free end portions of the first elongate belt and the second elongate belt are fastened together by at least one breakable bond that is arranged in the overlap, wherein the first elongate belt and the second elongate belt overlap substantially only at the breakable bond; wherein the free end portions are arranged within the boundaries of the top-sheet and/or the back-sheet, and wherein the first elongate belt and the second elongate belt are fastened to each other at the free end portions before the article is used.