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Absorbent products having flexible hydrophilic wick means

  • US 5,624,421 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1996
  • Issued: 04/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sanitary napkin comprising:

  • (a) an absorbent element having longitudinally extending sides, transverse ends, a body-facing side and an undergarment-facing side; and

    (b) resilient wick means disposed on said body-facing side, said wick means having means for absorbing body fluid and thereafter transporting said body fluid to said absorbent element, said wick means being anchored to said absorbent element at at least two spaced apart anchoring locations interior of the transverse ends such that said wick means is arched and biased away from said body-facing side to provide a body-contacting portion intermediate of the anchoring locations, said wick means being supported in said arched shape by its resiliency and unsupported by any structure except the inherent support supplied by the resiliency of the wick means, wherein said body fluid is first drawn into said wick means and then into said absorbent element and, wherein said wick means has an absorbency less than the absorbency of said absorbent element.

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