Patent ID: 8795250
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article having an inside surface that faces a wearer's body when the absorbent article is worn, and an outside surface opposite the inside surface, the absorbent article comprising: a chassis having a front waist portion, a back waist portion, and crotch portion extending between the front and back waist portions, the chassis having longitudinal side edges and lateral side edges, the chassis comprising: an outer leg cuff disposed outward of each of the longitudinal side edges of the chassis, each of the outer leg cuffs having an inner longitudinal side edge attached along at least a portion of one of the longitudinal sides of the chassis and an outer longitudinal side edge having elastics forming a gather along at least a portion thereof; one or more inner leg cuffs disposed on the inside surface of the chassis along each of the longitudinal side edges thereof, each of the inner leg cuffs having a proximal longitudinal side edge directly attached to and along the outer longitudinal side edge of one of the outer leg cuffs and a distal longitudinal side edge having elastics forming a gather along at least a portion of the crotch portion, each inner leg cuff being separate from the topsheet and backsheet between the proximal and distal longitudinal side edges so that each inner leg cuff is attached to the absorbent article along the at least a portion of the crotch portion only by virtue of its attachment to a corresponding outer leg cuff; and one or more fastening components disposed at the outer longitudinal side of the outer leg cuffs which are adapted to fasten the absorbent article around the waist of the wearer.