Patent ID: 6491676
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
An absorbent article for fitting around a wearer's waist and legs, comprising:a top sheet; a back sheet; an absorbent core disposed between said top sheet and said back sheet; a main body comprising a discrete front waist portion having a top edge and a bottom edge and a discrete rear waist portion having a top edge and a bottom edge; wherein said front waist portion is attached to said rear waist portion along the bottom edges thereof to form a crotch portion; wherein said front waist portion, said rear waist portion and said crotch portion have side edge portions; a pair of leakage protective members disposed on said main body interconnecting said front waist portion and said rear waist portion, said leakage protective members attached to respective side edge portions of the front waist portion, the rear waist portion and the crotch portion over substantially the entire length of said front waist portion, rear waist portion and crotch portion to form an annularly continuous waist opening; each leakage protective member comprising an elastic composite sheet material and an upper zone and a lower zone defined by an opening formed at a predetermined position between upper and lower edges thereof; whereby the opening of each leakage protective member provides a leg hole opening such that the upper zone is contactable with the wearer's waist and the lower zone is contactable with an inner side of the wearer's leg.