Patent ID: 6425890
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article intended for female users, with such a shape and size that it may be substantially accommodated in the crotch region of a pair of panties and having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction, comprising:a liquid-pervious cover layer; a liquid-impervious cover layer; an absorbent core consisting of at least one absorbent body, arranged between the two cover layers; and a single centrally arranged hump arranged at the liquid-pervious cover layer of the article, wherein the hump is substantially shape permanent in the transverse direction of the article, both in a wet and in a dry state, and to such an extent that the hump is not deformed in the transverse direction, either temporarily or permanently, by the forces which act upon the hump during use of the article, wherein the hump projects from a plane of the side of the article having the liquid-pervious cover layer, and wherein the hump has a base, facing the liquid-impervious cover layer, and a top, facing the liquid-pervious cover layer, whereby the extension of the hump in the transverse direction of the article is between 2 mm and 25 mm at the base, and the extension of the hump in the transverse direction at the top is between 3 mm and 10 mm, and the hump is wider at the base than at the top.