Patent ID: 7527618

Claim:
An absorbent incontinence article having a main body portion, consisting of a front region, a back region and crotch region lying therebetween in a longitudinal direction positioned between the legs of a wearer, wherein the main body portion comprises an absorbent core, and material sections attached to at least one of the back region and to the front region which extend in the transverse direction beyond lateral lengthwise edges of the main body portion and connect the front region and the back region when the article is worn, wherein an extension of the respective material section in the longitudinal direction in the area of attachment to the main body portion measures from between 10 cm and 26 cm, and wherein an extension of the respective material section in the transverse direction beyond the longitudinal edge of the main body portion measures between 10 cm and 35 cm, wherein the respective material sections attached to the back region have closures in the form of closing tapes, wherein the material sections are folded over themselves along at least one fold line running in the lengthwise direction and partial sections of the material sections adjoining one another over an area in the folded configuration are releasably attached to one another at affixation points, wherein a gripping area for unfolding the material section is provided at the center of a lengthwise edge section of the material section, wherein at least one of the number and the relative surface area of the affixation points and the adhesive strength of the releasably attached partial sections of the material sections decreases with distance from the gripping area in the longitudinal direction.