Patent ID: 6911024

Claim:
Absorbent article such as a diaper and incontinence guard comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, whereby the article seen in longitudinal direction exhibits a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween, and further is provided with a pair of belt portions attached to the rear portion alternatively the front portion of the article and which are intended by means of first fastening means to be fastened together around the waist of a wearer and wherein said front portion alternatively rear portion exhibit second fastening means intended to be attached to the belt portions, in such a way that the article will assume a pantlike shape, where the belt portions form a part of the waist portions of the pant, wherein said belt portions exhibit a plurality of stiffening elements arranged on the inside of the belt portions at a certain distance from each other, in such a way that air gaps are formed between the skin of the wearer and the inside of the belt between said stiffening elements and the largest extension of said stiffening elements is arranged essentially across the belt in relation to the longitudinal direction of the belt, each stiffening element having a cross-sectional thickness which is substantially greater than the cross-sectional thickness of each belt portion.