Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag

Xinshu Management, L.l.c.

David Lindqvist

Lars-Berno Fredriksson

Oscar Lipschutz

Louise Eliasson

Kent Vartiainen

Johan Dahlberg

Anna-Karin Nyström

Disclosed is a sanitary article, including a topsheet, backsheet, acquisition layer and absorbent core arranged between the topsheet, the backsheet and the acquisition layer being arranged between the topsheet and the absorbent core, an extension in a longitudinal direction about a longitudinal centerline and in a transverse direction, a first and a second longitudinal side edge extending in the longitudinal direction and a front and a rear transverse side edge extending in the transverse direction, a frontmost half and in a rearmost half, as seen in the longitudinal direction, the absorbent core including a low-density rear shaping element having a lower density than an adjacent region of the absorbent core, the low-density rear shaping element including shaping element first and second leg sections, the rearmost half of the sanitary article furthermore including a V-shaped or modified V-shaped rear embossed element including first and second embossed leg sections.

Sanitary article comprising shaping elements

The present disclosure relates to a sanitary article (), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, the sanitary article comprising a topsheet (), a backsheet (), an acquisition layer () and an absorbent core (), the absorbent core () being arranged between the topsheet () and the backsheet () and the acquisition layer () being arranged between the topsheet () and the absorbent core (), the sanitary article () having an extension in a longitudinal direction L about a longitudinal centerline U and in a transverse direction T, the sanitary article () having first and second longitudinal side edges () extending in the longitudinal direction L and front and rear transverse side edges () extending in the transverse direction T, the sanitary article being divided in a frontmost half () and a rearmost half (), as seen in the longitudinal direction L, wherein the absorbent core () in the frontmost half () of the sanitary article () is provided with a low-density front shaping element () having a lower density than an adjacent region of the absorbent core (), the low-density front shaping element () comprising a shaping element first leg section () and a shaping element second leg section (), the frontmost half () of the sanitary article () furthermore comprising a V-shaped, or modified V-shaped, front embossed element () comprising a first embossed leg section () and a second embossed leg section (), wherein the shaping element first leg section () and the shaping element second leg section () tend towards each other and towards the front transverse side edge () of the sanitary article () to form a non-intersecting V-shape, the shaping element first leg section () and the shaping element second leg section () being arranged on a respective side of the longitudinal centerline L of the sanitary article (), and in that the V-shaped front embossing element () is provided only in the topsheet () and in the acquisition layer () and in that the low-density front shaping element () and the V-shaped front embossing element () partly or completely overlap each other.

A folded absorbent article with an absorbent core having at least two core layers located between a topsheet and a backsheet is provided. The width of a transition between front and intermediate portions of the core is narrower than a width of the rest of the core. A first end portion of the article is folded about a fold line that coincides with or is adjacent the narrow portion of the core. A second end portion of the article is folded about a second and rear transversal fold line. The first end portion may be folded onto a central area and the second end portion may then be folded onto the first end portion, or the second end portion may be folded onto the central area and the first end portion may then be folded onto the second end portion.

Absorbent article

A method and arrangement for correlating time in different time bases used by interconnected units by timestamping a reference event with a time determined with respect to a first time base. A message unit provides the time to a second interconnected unit that uses a second time base. A translation device is configured to calculate a difference between the time measured by the first time base and in the second time base. The difference is used to translate a time measured by the first clock to a time in a different time base at run time.

Method and arrangement for correlating time bases between interconnected units

A device for a modularized system with decentralized and function-executing modules comprising a module with associated clock that is arranged to effect time-stamping of events associated with the system and of reference events selected from among these. The module comprises a memory device for storing the module's time stamps relating to the events noted by the module and to the reference events selected from among these. The module also comprises a microprocessor that generates messages related to the module's stored time stamps. In addition, the module is arranged to transmit the respective generated messages to a time conversion unit via one or more communications links, and the time conversion unit is arranged, after any intermediate storage, to relate the module's respective noted reference event and effected time-stamping to additional reference events and time-stamping introduced into the unit or already in the unit.

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Gothenburg, Sweden

David Lindqvist