Patent ID: 7482505

Claim:
A hygiene article for single use, the article comprising: an absorbing body layer having means for long term storage of body fluids or super absorbing materials, said absorbing layer having a first region with a first mass per unit area of absorbing material and having at least one second region adjacent to said first region, said at least one second region having a second mass per unit area which is greater than said first mass per unit area; a first cuff element attached to the hygiene article along a first cuff base line travelling longitudinally proximate to a first longitudinal side of the article, said first cuff element slanting upwardly and inwardly away from said first cuff base line to rise above said absorbing layer at vertical heights therefrom, said first cuff element having a first inner, distal end separated from said first cuff base line by a first cuff element length, said first cuff element length increasing in locations of said first cuff element bordering at least a partial region of said at least one second absorbing layer region; and a second cuff element attached to the hygiene article along a second cuff base line travelling longitudinally proximate to a second longitudinal side of the article, said second cuff element slanting upwardly and inwardly away from said second cuff base line to rise above said absorbing layer at vertical heights therefrom, said second cuff element having a second inner, distal end separated from said second cuff base line by a second cuff element length, said second cuff element length increasing in locations of said second cuff element bordering at least a partial region of said at least one second absorbing layer region, wherein said first and said second cuff elements define inwardly slanted walls for blocking transverse discharge, said first cuff baseline having a transverse separation from said second cuff baseline which increases at locations of said first and said second cuff elements bordering said partial region of said at least one second absorbing layer region, wherein said partial region is disposed outside of a middle, longitudinal section in a forward region and/or in a rear region of the hygiene article.