Patent ID: 8303563

Claim:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, wherein the longitudinal direction of the article is longer than the lateral direction of the article, the article comprising: a cover sheet; a backsheet; the absorbent article having a short side extending in the lateral direction at each longitudinal end of the article and a long side extending in the longitudinal direction at each lateral end of the article and the article having a longitudinal end region at each of the longitudinal ends of the article and a central portion extending between the two longitudinal end regions; a separate sheet with an extent in the longitudinal direction and an extent in the lateral direction, the separate sheet being secured on a side of the backsheet facing away from a user during use of the absorbent article, wherein the separate sheet includes two longitudinal end portions and an intermediate portion extending between the two longitudinal end portions, the separate sheet extending from one longitudinal end region to the other longitudinal end region, and the separate sheet includes two longitudinally extending edges and two laterally extending edges, and each of the longitudinal end portions is permanently or releasably secured via a securing member at a respective end region in such a way that the intermediate portion forms in combination with the backsheet a through-passage that extends in the lateral direction and has an opening at each of the longitudinally extending edges of the separate sheet; and the separate sheet being equipped with wings along at least part of the side edges of the separate sheet.