Patent ID: 7291136

Claim:
Absorbent article intended for use in a thong garment, and having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the absorbent article comprising: a liquid-permeable cover sheet, a liquid-tight cover sheet, and an absorption body enclosed between the two cover sheets, the liquid-permeable cover sheet being intended to be directed towards a user's body during use and the liquid-tight cover sheet being intended to be directed towards the thong garment during use, an adhesive fastening means being arranged on the liquid-tight cover sheet, wherein the absorbent article has an essentially triangular shape including, in its longitudinal direction, a front portion, a rear portion, two longitudinal side edges, and a front edge and a rear edge, wherein the absorbent article has a portion which is arranged centrally between the longitudinal side edges and which is free of the adhesive fastening means, wherein in the transverse direction of the article, there is a continuous area extending between the longitudinal side edges, covering an entire distance between the side edges and free of adhesive fastening means, wherein the extent of the continuous area in the longitudinal direction of the article constitutes at least ⅓ of the length of the article, and wherein the rear portion of the article has a width not exceeding 40 mm, wherein the width ratio in the transverse direction between the front portion of the article and the rear portion of the article is from 2:1 to 4:1, whereby the absorbent article defines an essentially triangular shape when in use that is dimensioned for placement substantially within a perimeter of the thong garment.