Patent ID: 6586654
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article selected from the group consisting of a sanitary napkin, a panty liner and an incontinence protector for women, comprising an absorbent body sandwiched between a liquid-permeable outer sheet and a liquid-impermeable outer sheet, said article having a front part which is intended to face outwards when the article is worn, and a rear part; said absorbent body having a length from 140-260 mm and continuously tapering rearwardly from a section of greatest width at the front part of the article to a rear end part thereof; said absorbent body having a greatest width of 60-80 mm in its front part and a smallest width of 5-20 mm at its rear end, and comprising a layer of dry-formed cellulose fibers that has a density of at least 250 g/dm3; said absorbent body also including an acquisition layer that has liquid acquisition properties and that extends over and beyond the layer of dry-formed cellulose fibers in the rear end part of the absorbent body.