Patent ID: 6168583
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A body fluids absorbent article for use in conjunction with a means for supporting the same against the body of a wearer, which body fluids absorbent article comprises: a liquid-pervious topsheet: a liquid-impervious backsheet; a liquid-absorbent core disposed between the liquid-pervious topsheet and the liquid-impervious backsheet; a surrounding wall defined by a portion of at least one of said liquid-pervious topsheet and said liquid-impervious backsheet, said surrounding wall extending outward beyond a peripheral edge of said liquid absorbent core and folded back to partially cover a peripheral portion of a top surface of said liquid-absorbent core and thereby provide an opening surrounded by said surrounding wall, whereby said opening is above a central zone of said liquid-absorbent core, said surrounding wall being elastically stretchable and contractible along an edge of said opening; and an adhesive layer on a bottom surface of the liquid-impervious backsheet for removably coupling the body fluids absorbent article to a means for supporting the same against the body of a wearer, said absorbent means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction which is orthogonal to said longitudinal direction, said absorbent means being composed along said longitudinal direction of a front end, a rear end and an intermediate region extending between the front and rear end so that said absorbent means is configured to have a largest width in said intermediate region.