Patent ID: 6590138
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A sanitary article having a multi-layered absorbent member which multi-layered absorbent member comprises:a first panel made of a fibrous web having a compressive recovery elasticity, a plurality of openings extending through said panel in a thickness direction thereof and spaced one from another in a direction orthogonal to said thickness direction, and a plurality of fibrous assembly regions extending between adjacent pairs of said openings; and at least two additional panels stacked one on another in said thickness direction with the first panel, each of said at least two additional panels having a plurality of openings and a plurality of fibrous assembly regions between adjacent pairs of said openings, said plurality of openings being out of alignment with the corresponding openings in an immediately underlying panel and each of the openings in an overlying panel being divided in two or more sections by said fibrous assembly regions of an underlying panel.