Patent ID: 6932801
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable backing sheet, and an absorbent body enclosed between the top and backing sheets, wherein the rear portion of the article includes a longitudinally extending ridge-shaped elevation that projects out from the side of the article that contains the top sheet, wherein a central string of material extends in the rear portion of the article along the backing sheet on the side thereof distal from the absorbent body, and the top sheet, the backing sheet and the absorbent body enclosed therebetween in the rear portion of the article extend around the long sides of said string, wherein those portions of the article which, in the rear portion of said article, extend around the long sides of the string of strip material abut one another and are fastened to each other in at least one place.