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Disposable absorbent article

  • US 5,851,204 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1996
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A disposable sanitary napkin capable of placement within a garment, comprising:

  • a liquid-permeable topsheet;

    a liquid-impermeable backsheet;

    a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet;

    a pair of side flaps formed separate from the topsheet and backsheet and extending along transversely opposite side edges of said core, wherein the side flaps are attached to the topsheet and the backsheet; and

    each of said side flaps comprising a longitudinally extending strip of soft, stretchable and liquid resistant sheet material bonded to an upper surface of said topsheet along a first side of said strip and which first side includes an intermediate portion and a free edge portion both of which portions extend inwardly from an associated side edge of the core to overlap the core when the napkin is in a flat position, each side flap including a folded portion formed outward from said side edge of said core and including a second side of said strip extending back inward from the folded portion into bonded attachment with said backsheet.

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