Patent ID: 7172584
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable sanitary absorbent pad defined by opposed lateral sides and opposed longitudinal sides extending between said lateral sides, said sanitary absorbent pad comprising a first longitudinal end portion and a second longitudinal end portion, said absorbent pad comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core layer disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent core layer having opposed lateral side edges and opposed longitudinal side edges extending between said lateral edges, an adhesive layer attached to said backsheet, said adhesive layer having a first longitudinal end at said first longitudinal end portion of said sanitary absorbent pad and a second longitudinal end at said second longitudinal end portion of said sanitary absorbent pad, a release paper strip covering said adhesive layer, said release paper strip having two longitudinal ends, at least one of which extends beyond the longitudinal end of said adhesive strip, side flaps disposed laterally outward of said longitudinal sides of said absorbent core layer, at least two spaced apart elastic members secured along each longitudinal side flap of said absorbent pad between said lateral side edges of said absorbent pad, an inner elastic member disposed below said absorbent core layer and spaced less than ¼ inch from the longitudinal side edge of said absorbent core layer and an outer elastic member spaced from about 0 to about 1 inch from said longitudinal side edge, each of said elastic members having two active ends, one of said active ends being located longitudinally outward relative to said first longitudinal end of said adhesive layer and said other of said active ends being located longitudinally inward relative to said second longitudinal end of said adhesive layer.