Absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard, a panty-liner or the like
First Claim
1. An absorbent article having a substantially elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the absorbent article comprising:
- two side edges, a front edge and a rear edge, said front edge defining a front portion, said rear edge defining a rear portion, a crotch portion situated between the front portion and the rear portion, a liquid-pervious cover layer and a liquid-impervious cover layer, wherein the front portion and the crotch portion of the absorbent article exhibit high shape permanence during use of the article, wherein the front portion of the absorbent article is inclined with respect to the crotch portion in a direction towards the liquid-pervious cover layer at a predetermined angle α
of between 20° and
50°
, the angle α
being permanent while being worn irrespective of a wearer'"'"'s leg movements.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard, or a panty-liner, which article has a substantially elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and also exhibits two side edges (9, 10), a front edge (11) and a rear edge (12), a front portion (6) and a rear portion (7), and a crotch portion (8) situated between the front portion (6) and the rear portion (7), which article furthermore exhibits a liquid-impervious surface (2) and a liquid-impervious surface (3). At least within the front portion (6) and the crotch portion (8), the article exhibits high bending stiffness against bending along transversely extending bending lines, whereby the front portion (6) and the crotch portion (8) of the article exhibit high shape permanence during use of the article. Furthermore, the front portion (6) of the article is angled in relation to the crotch portion (8), in a direction towards the liquid-pervious surface (2), whereby the front portion (6) forms and angle α towards the crotch portion (8) which is substantially permanent during use.
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Citations
16 Claims
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1. An absorbent article having a substantially elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the absorbent article comprising:
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two side edges, a front edge and a rear edge, said front edge defining a front portion, said rear edge defining a rear portion, a crotch portion situated between the front portion and the rear portion, a liquid-pervious cover layer and a liquid-impervious cover layer, wherein the front portion and the crotch portion of the absorbent article exhibit high shape permanence during use of the article, wherein the front portion of the absorbent article is inclined with respect to the crotch portion in a direction towards the liquid-pervious cover layer at a predetermined angle α
of between 20° and
50°
, the angle α
being permanent while being worn irrespective of a wearer'"'"'s leg movements.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An absorbent article having a substantially elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the absorbent article comprising:
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two side edges, a front edge and a rear edge, said front edge defining a front portion, said rear edge defining a rear portion, a crotch portion situated between the front portion and the rear portion, a liquid-pervious cover layer and a liquid-impervious cover layer, wherein the front portion and the crotch portion of the absorbent article exhibit high shape permanence during use of the article, wherein the front portion of the absorbent article is inclined with respect to the crotch portion in a direction towards the liquid-pervious cover layer at a predetermined angle α
of between 20° and
50°
, the angle α
being permanent while being worn irrespective of a wearer'"'"'s leg movements, andthe absorbent article further comprising a rigid shape-retaining element, the rigid shape-retaining element comprising non-elastic material. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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Specification