Patent ID: 6866658
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent product, comprising: a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction; a front portion, a rear portion, a crotch portion located between the rear portion and the front portion; an absorbent element; a liquidtight layer; a stiffening element intended to contribute to a three-dimensional shape of the product during its use, wherein the stiffening element is in a plane state before use of the product, wherein the stiffening element extends in the longitudinal direction of the product over the crotch portion and at least some way in over the front portion, wherein the stiffening element has a width M at a transition between the crotch portion and the front portion adapted to a distance between muscle tendons of a wearer on both sides of a crotch of the wearer in a groin of the wearer, the width M being of the order of 15-45 mm, wherein the stiffening element is designed with sufficient stiffness in the dry state in order to resist disadvantageous creasing thereof in the lateral direction when normally occurring stresses arise in the lateral direction, and wherein a hump-forming element made of a resilient material is arranged under the stiffening element over at least a part of the crotch portion, the hump-forming element being arranged so as to bring about a raised portion on a side which is intended to be fitted against the wearer, the raised portion being arranged so as to come to lie directly in front of the genitals of a wearer after fitting of the product on the wearer, wherein the stiffening element consists of a dry-formed fibre mat with a densi between 0.15 and 0.75 g/cm