Patent ID: 6416502
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article designed to be secured to an undergarment, the undergarment having a crotch portion with a pair of side edges, the absorbent article comprising:a) a liquid permeable cover; b) a liquid-impermeable baffle; c) an absorbent enclosed by the cover and the baffle to form a pad, the pad having first and second raised longitudinally-extending sides and a garment-facing surface; d) first and second channels formed in the garment-facing surface of the pad, the first and second channels being sized and configured to mate with the side edges of the undergarment; e) a pair of flaps sized to depend downwardly and inwardly around the crotch portion of the undergarment so as to prevent staining of the undergarment by any body fluid, each of the flaps having a distal edge and a proximal edge, wherein the proximal edge is affixed to one of the channels, the proximal edge of each flap having a length L2 and the distal edge of each flap having a length L1, the ratio of L2/L1 being between about 50 to about 80 percent; and f) attachment means for securing the pair of flaps to the undergarment.