Patent ID: 6176850
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable feminine hygiene article comprising:a main body portion comprising an absorbent material and an impervious backing sheet on which said absorbent material is mounted, said main body portion being bounded by a peripheral edge,and wings, each wing extending from and hingedly attached to said backing sheet along a fold line inside of said peripheral edge, portions of said backing sheet and of said wings being provided with adhesive areas sufficient to bind said article to an undergarment to hold said article in place, said portions of said backing sheet comprising one or more sections of the backing sheet located intermediate said wings;substantially all of said adhesive areas on said wings being offset from said one or more adhesive areas on said backing sheet by being located at positions on said wings displaced with respect to a longitudinal axis of said main body portion from the positions where said backing sheet adhesive areas are located so that if said wings are folded about said fold lines towards said adhesive areas on said backing sheet without an undergarment in place and with any release paper removed, said adhesive areas on said wings cannot contact said adhesive areas on said backing sheet.