Patent ID: 7163529

Claim:
A personal care absorbent article having a longitudinal-direction, a lateral cross-direction, and an intermediate portion interposed between a pair of longitudinally opposed end portions, said article comprising a backsheet having a pair of laterally-opposed side edges, a laterally-extending backsheet width, and a longitudinally-extending backsheet length; a liquid-permeable topsheet; an absorbent body sandwiched between said backsheet and said topsheet; and a separately provided wing-panel which is operatively connected to the intermediate portion of said article, and extends laterally beyond at least one lateral side edge of said backsheet in the intermediate portion of said article, said wing-panel configured to wrap about an undergarment; wherein said wing-panel includes an operative quantity of odor-control material; a maximum longitudinal length of said wing-panel is less than said overall article-length; said wing-panel can be configured to operatively provide a wing-section distance which is at least about 50% of a width of the absorbent body; the wing-panel is connected to a major garment-side surface of said backsheet; the wing-panel has at least one laterally-extending edge-region; the at least one laterally-extending edge-region of the wing-panel is configured to be separated from the backsheet when the end portions of the article are repositioned onto the article intermediate portion to initiate a formation of a disposal condition; the wing-panel includes a distal wing-section which can be disposed over the previously folded end portions to continue the formation of the disposal condition; a folded-over portion of the edge-region in the distal wing-panel section is configured to be attached with an edge-fastener to form at least one operative edge-attachment; and the at least one edge-attachment is configured to provide an edge seal which can help hold the folded article in the disposal condition.