Patent ID: 6520945
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and having two side edges extending in the longitudinal direction and two end edges extending in the transverse direction, and comprising a liquid-permeable cover layer, a liquid-impermeable cover layer, and an absorption body enclosed between the two cover layers, at least one elastic member being arranged with prestressing in the crotch area of the article, extending essentially in the transverse direction of the article, between the side edges, wherein the elastic member is arranged between the liquid-permeable cover layer and the absorption body on a first surface of the absorption body, and a shaping element which is rigid to bending in the transverse direction of the article is arranged between the side edges of the article on a second surface of the absorption body, the shaping element counteracting contraction of the elastic member, the shaping element and the elastic member cooperating to form the absorbent article into a cup shape.