Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag

Louise Eliasson

Sofia Ekstedt

Josefin Sohl

David Lindqvist

Oscar Lipschutz

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.

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Gothenburg, Sweden

Louise Eliasson