Patent ID: 6740069
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
Absorbent article which has a substantially elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and exhibits two side edges (9, 10), a front edge (11) and a rear edge (12), a front portion (6) and a rear portion (7), and a central portion (8) situated between the front portion (6) and the rear portion (7), which article furthermore comprises a liquid-pervious cover layer (2) and a liquid-impervious cover layer (3) and an absorbent body (4), and a hump (26) extending in the longitudinal direction and having two longitudinally extending sides, which article furthermore comprises elastic members (19), characterized in that the hump (26) comprises a formation element (27) extending in the longitudinal direction and having two longitudinally extending sides, and that the elastic members (19) are arranged along either longitudinally extending side of the formation element (27) wherein the formation element (27) and the elastic members (19) cooperate in shaping the hump (26).