Patent ID: 7875013
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for using a feminine hygiene pad comprising: providing an absorbent pad comprising an elongated partially rounded generally rectangular wider absorbent pad portion and a narrow tail-like absorbent pad portion formed integrally with and extending from the wider absorbent pad portion, the wider absorbent pad portion having a length at least twice that of the narrow tail-like absorbent portion, the wider absorbent pad portion comprising a thicker central portion that is thicker than the narrow tail-like absorbent portion, the thicker central portion having a substantially uniform thickness along its length, the narrow tail-like absorbent portion having a width less than one third a width of the wider absorbent pad portion; and wearing the pad such that the narrow tail-like absorbent pad portion is placed between the buttocks.