Mcneil-ppc, Inc.

Neil-ppc, Inc.

James P Barr

Tara Glasgow

Carol B Gell

Safiyya Shabazz-Houston

Pramod Shantaram Mavinkurve

Joseph Michael Luizzi

Robert Rial

Raymond J Hull, Jr

Kenneth Anthony Pelley

Marina Nikitina

Stephen John Blanchard

Catherine E Salerno

Kendra S Rose

Martha K Taylor

Lai Hing Louie

A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad is sized and configured to fit snugly against the wearer's body without penetrating the vaginal orifice. The strip provides improved body contact thus providing similar protection with a smaller pad and a discretion benefit to the user. The invention provides various alternative mechanisms for varying the length of the strip by the user.

Sanitary napkin with adjustable length intergluteal strip

Absorbent articles having a central absorbent element that is adapted to be worn in a crotch portion of a wearer's undergarment are provided with a pair of flaps, one flap extending laterally from each respective longitudinal side of the central absorbent element. The flaps are flexible and adapted to be folded over the edges of a wearer's undergarment. A central portion of the flap is formed from a flexible, elastic material having an elastic modulus and an adjacent corner region of the flap is formed from a substantially non-extensible, non-elastic flexible material.

Sanitary napkin having conformable side flaps

A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad fits snugly against the body without penetrating. Because the strip provides improved body contact, similar protection is achieved with a smaller pad, thus providing a discretion benefit to the wearer.

Sanitary napkin with intergluteal strip

A sanitary napkin having a front flap that adhesively attaches to the user's undergarment and a tail strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the user's intergluteal crevice. The pad thus fits more snugly against the body of the user. Further, because the strip provides improved body contact, similar protection is achieved with a smaller pad, thus providing a discretion.

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East Amwell, NJ, United States of America

James P Barr