Patent ID: 6328724
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article selected from the group consisting of a diaper and an incontinence guard, the article having a longitudinal symmetry axis and comprising:a front part, a rear part, and an intermediate crotch part;an absorbent body enclosed between an outer liquid-impermeable casing sheet having longitudinal edges and an inner liquid-permeable casing sheet;longitudinal side flaps located on respective sides of the longitudinal symmetry axis and extending transversely in towards said axis;longitudinal elastic elements extending along inner edges of the side flaps that face towards the longitudinal symmetry axis;said absorbent body having side edges and being divided into a central part and two side parts at least in said crotch part by folding indications which are located on respective sides of the longitudinal symmetry axis in front and rear sections and which diverge relative to one another up to the side edges of the absorbent body;said side flaps being joined to the outer casing sheet along its longitudinal edges;each of the side flaps extending from a point in the crotch part inside of the article inwardly towards the longitudinal symmetry axis while decreasing in distance from said axis towards the front part and the rear part respectively up to a point in respective front and rear parts; andsaid side flaps being planar and without folds when the elastic elements are stretched and the article is held in a stretched state.