Dual-use pantiliner
First Claim
1. A convertible pantiliner including a liner, a baffle and an absorbent core therebetween, said pantiliner further comprising at least one embossed fold line defining a central area and two he side areas, said central area having two longitudinal ends, with a first longitudinal end being wider than said second longitudinal end, and wherein said pantiliner may be adjusted in size, depending on panty size, by folding said pantiliner along said at least one embossed fold line so as to allow said periphery side areas to be positioned under a panty prior to, and while said pantiliner is in use, and wherein said at least one embossed fold line does not penetrate said baffle.
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Abstract
A pantiliner has a periphery and at least one fold line. The fold line allows the pantiliner to be adjusted in size by folding the pantiliner along the fold line(s). The product is thus convertible and may be used with conventional “hourglass” shaped panties or folded along the fold lines to fit thong panties.
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18 Claims
- 1. A convertible pantiliner including a liner, a baffle and an absorbent core therebetween, said pantiliner further comprising at least one embossed fold line defining a central area and two he side areas, said central area having two longitudinal ends, with a first longitudinal end being wider than said second longitudinal end, and wherein said pantiliner may be adjusted in size, depending on panty size, by folding said pantiliner along said at least one embossed fold line so as to allow said periphery side areas to be positioned under a panty prior to, and while said pantiliner is in use, and wherein said at least one embossed fold line does not penetrate said baffle.
- 10. A convertible pantiliner comprising a liquid permeable liner, a liquid impervious baffle, and an absorbent core positioned therebetween, said absorbent core comprising more than 70 weight percent pulp hydroentangled with spunbond polypropylene fibers, said pantiliner further comprising a periphery and at least one embossed fold line which does not penetrate said baffle, wherein said pantiliner may be adjusted in size, depending on panty size, by folding said pantiliner along said at least one embossed fold line, so as to allow said periphery to be positioned under a panty thereby creating a pantiliner on a panty including a first longitudinal end that is wider than a second longitudinal end.
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