Patent ID: 6524422
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making an absorbent product, the method comprising the steps of:providing a blank that includes an absorbent body between a liquid permeable sheet and a liquid impermeable sheet and flexible flaps projecting from longitudinal edges of the absorbent body; dispensing a continuous sheet of material that will be a protective layer for the absorbent product; cutting the dispensed continuous sheet along a first line that will be on a longitudinal edge of the absorbent body between one of the flaps and the absorbent body after application of the continuous sheet to the blank; applying the cut continuous sheet to the blank; and after application of the cut continuous sheet to the blank, cutting the continuous sheet along a second line that defines a peripheral outline of the absorbent product, wherein the first line and the second line define a first portion of the protective layer that covers the one of the flaps and that is substantially separate from a second portion of the protective layer that covers the absorbent body.