Patent ID: 8920397

Claim:
An absorbent article with releasable attachment, comprising: an absorbent pad having an absorbent upper layer and a liquid impermeable lower layer; a pair of tabs, each of the tabs having a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end being rigidly attached to the lower layer of the absorbent pad adjacent longitudinal ends of the absorbent hygiene pad; a hook portion of a hook and loop fastener attached to each of the tabs, the hook portions being adapted for engaging material forming an undergarment, the material forming the undergarment acting in lieu of a corresponding loop portion of a hook and loop fastener to secure the tabs to the undergarment; means for releasably securing the lower layer of the absorbent pad directly to an interior surface of the undergarment, wherein the means for releasably securing the lower layer of the absorbent hygiene pad includes a secondary hook portion of a hook and loop fastener attached to the lower layer, wherein the secondary hook portion is positioned substantially centrally on the lower layer of the absorbent pad; and at least a pair of elastic elements attached to the lower layer to maintain the absorbent pad in a non-collapsed state, wherein each of the elastic elements has an elongated axis and is disposed longitudinally adjacent to the secondary hook portion thereby sandwiching the secondary hook portion therebetween, whereby the elongated axis of each of the elements is orientated substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the absorbent pad.