Patent ID: 6221062
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An extensible absorbent article for wearing in a wearer's undergarment, and being capable of extending with said undergarment, said extensible absorbent article comprising:an extensible liquid pervious topsheet;an elastically stretchable liquid impervious component joined to said topsheet, said liquid impervious component having two opposed faces, a relaxed condition, and a stretched condition;an absorbent nonwoven component having two opposed generally planar faces prior to inclusion in said absorbent article, said nonwoven component being positioned between said topsheet and said liquid impervious component and bonded in a face-to-face relationship to said liquid impervious component when said liquid impervious component is stretched at least partially to its stretched condition;wherein rugosities are formed in portions of said nonwoven component when said liquid impervious component is relaxed so that said nonwoven component can be extended by the straightening of said rugosities when said absorbent article is extended, and said impervious component serves as a liquid impervious barrier for he absorbent article; anda fastener on said liquid impervious component for fastening said extensible absorbent article to a wearer's undergarment.