Patent ID: 7776019

Claim:
A breast milk absorbent pad for releasable attachment to a brassiere or other clothing having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, an inner side adapted to face a pad wearer's skin, an outer side adapted to face away from the pad wearer's skin, and upper and lower edges opposed to each other in a direction defined by said longitudinal axis and extending in a direction defined by said transverse axis, said breast milk absorbent pad further comprising a body fluid leak-barrier outer sheet lying on said outer side adapted to face away from the pad wearer's skin, and a body fluid absorbent layer comprised of a body fluid pervious inner sheet lying on said inner side adapted to face the pad wearer's skin and a body fluid absorbent panel between said inner and outer sheets, wherein said breast milk absorbent pad further comprises a first section adapted to form a three-dimensional cup shape that is configured to cover only one breast of a pair of breasts, a second section adapted to form a three-dimensional cup shape that is configured to cover only the other breast of the pair of breasts, said first and second sections being symmetric about said longitudinal axis, and a third section extending continuously between said first and second sections adapted to be maintained in close contact with the wearer's skin between the pair of breasts when the first and second cup-shaped sections cover the pair of breasts, respectively, wherein: the third section includes said upper and lower edge of said pad and at least one of said upper and lower edges in said third section of the breast milk absorbent pad is shaped to be concavely curved toward said transverse axis.