Patent ID: 7294121
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable body fluid absorbent pad having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, said pad further comprising: a front region; a rear region; an intermediate region between said front region and said rear region; a liquid-pervious topsheet; a liquid-impervious backsheet; a liquid-absorbent core between said liquid-pervious topsheet and said liquid-impervious backsheet; said pad being contoured by longitudinally opposite end portions extending in said transverse direction outside longitudinal front and rear ends of said liquid-absorbent core and transversely opposite side edge portions extending in said longitudinal direction outside transversely opposite side edges of said liquid absorbent core; and an insertion space means comprising a cover sheet which overlaps at least a portion of said liquid-impervious backsheet so as to define an insertion space between said cover sheet and a part of an outer surface of said liquid-impervious backsheet and at least one non-sealable opening to guide a wearer's hand into said insertion space and along the outer surface of said liquid-impervious backsheet, with at least a part of a periphery of said cover sheet joined onto an outer surface of said liquid-impervious backsheet, wherein said longitudinally front and rear end portions of said pad extend inward in said longitudinal direction from said longitudinally front and rear opposite ends of said liquid-absorbent core so as to lie above said liquid-absorbent core while said side edge portions of said pad extend inward in said transverse direction from said opposite side edge portions of said pad so as to lie above said liquid-absorbent core and said longitudinally front and rear end portions cooperate with said side edge portions to form a peripheral wall adapted to surround said liquid-absorbent core.