Patent ID: 7347848
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet, a substantially liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, said article having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion therebetween, and further being provided with a belt wherein the belt and the topsheet constitute separate members, the belt attached to the back portion of the article and adapted to be attached to the front portion of the article in such a way that the article assumes a pant shape, where the belt forms part of the waist portion of the pant and the belt has an outside surface and an inside surface, the inside surface being adapted to be in direct contact with a user, the belt comprises first and second belt halves which at one end of each half, a portion of the inside surface is permanently attached to the topsheet within bonding areas in such a way that the portion of the outside surface disposed within the bonding area is spaced farther from the backsheet than is the portion of the inside surface, and that each of said belt halves remains substantially flat along the entire length thereof when being brought against said topsheet on top of each other, and each of the belt halves has an uninterrupted portion extending from the respective bonding area in such a way that joints which are formed at said bonding areas will be at a position outside of the uninterrupted portion of the belt away from said user when the absorbent article is used; said belt halves being fastened to each other during use to secure the absorbent article around the waist of the user.