Patent ID: 6551296
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A sanitary absorbent product comprising a layered elongate main body including a liquid permeable cover layer, an absorbent core and a liquid impermeable barrier layer, said absorbent core being located between said cover layer and said barrier layer, said main body having two opposed longitudinal edges, said longitudinal edges defining a length of the sanitary absorbent product, a positioning tab extending laterally from each of said longitudinal edges of said main body, each positioning tab having a width and a length, the width being substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of said main body and does not exceed 50% of the length of the main body, each positioning tab including a cover layer portion continuous with said cover layer of said main body and a barrier layer portion continuous with said barrier layer of said main body, each positioning tab having a side barrier device projecting from a body facing surface of each said positioning tab, said barrier device being continuous and integrally formed from the cover layer and barrier layer of the respective positioning tab, and wherein said barrier device has a length which does not substantially exceed the width of said positioning tab.