Patent ID: 7993318

Claim:
An absorbent article for men comprising: longitudinal side edges, a rear end edge, a front end edge, an inner liquid-permeable surface layer, an outer liquid-impermeable surface layer, and an absorbent body arranged therebetween, the absorbent body tapering from a front end portion towards a rear end portion, the absorbent body being arranged so as during use of the article to extend forwards with its wider end portion in the direction of an abdomen area of the wearer and to extend backwards with its narrower end portion a little way below a penis of the wearer, and a flat web of elastic material attached to the liquid-permeable surface layer at least in the rear end portion of the article and arranged along at least parts of the longitudinal side edges of the article, wherein the flat web of elastic material is attached to the liquid-permeable surface layer along outer longitudinal edges of the flat web of elastic material, and a cut in the form of a slit or cutout is arranged in the longitudinal direction between longitudinal side edges of the flat web of elastic material, which cut extends through a front edge of the flat web of elastic material in the direction of a rear edge to an end point of the cut, the flat web of elastic material being provided by the cut with inner edges arranged over the liquid-permeable surface layer, wherein the article has a curved shape at least in the rear portion, and a pocket is formed between the flat web of elastic material and the an inner liquid-permeable surface layer, the pocket being open at the front edge of the flat web of elastic material and closed at the rear edge.