Patent ID: 6315766
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A sanitary napkin comprising:an absorbent body enclosed between an outer, liquid-impermeable casing sheet and an inner liquid-permeable casing sheet capable of lying proximal to a wearer's body when the sanitary napkin is in use, said absorbent body defining a side edge on each lateral side thereof,two side-bodies disposed laterally outside the side-edges of the absorbent body, one of said side-bodies being disposed laterally outside of each of said edges of the absorbent body, at least in the central part of the napkin, said side-bodies being separate from the absorbent body and joined to at least the outer casing sheet, anda pre-stretched elastic extending transversely between said two side-bodies, said pre-stretched elastic being disposed exterior to the outer casing sheet and which is disposed for lying distal to a body facing side of the sanitary napkin when the sanitary napkin is in use, said pre-stretched elastic extending laterally outside the absorbent body on both sides thereof, with only opposing lateral ends of the pre-stretched elastic being attached to at least one of the outer casing sheet and the side-bodies, such that the locations of attachment are between lateral side edges of the side-bodies.