Patent ID: 6540731
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, said article having a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween, and further is provided with a belt attached to or intended to be attached to the rear portion of the article and to the front portion of the article, in such a way that the article will assume a pantlike shape, where the belt forms a part of a waist portion of the article, the belt comprises a flexible laminate of a carrier material intended to form an outside of the belt and a nonwoven material forming an inside of the belt which will be in direct contact with a user, the carrier material and the nonwoven material are glued together with a glue amount of no more than 8 g/m2 thus making the flexible laminate soft with a Shinyakasa value according to Kawabata of 5 or more wherein the Shinyakasa value according to Kawabata is determined according to the description set forth in the specification.