The Procter Gamble Company

Mark Donovan Seymour

Letha Margie Hines

Robb Eric Olsen

Nona Jane Redwine

Hiroaki Shikata

Peter Morris

J Alvaro Restrepo

Carlos Jose Barroso

Digvijay Rawat

A disposable cover which, when used with an absorbent material, such as a pad of woven cloth, provides an absorbent article, such as a catamenial pad is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the disposable cover comprises a liquid pervious rewet barrier and an anti-stain barrier joined thereto. Preferably, the rewet barrier comprises a material having capillaries which allow bodily liquids to rapidly penetrate therethrough and the anti-stain barrier is provided in two portions, one of which is joined to each longitudinal edge of the fewer barrier. The disposable cover can also be provided with absorbent attachment means for securing the cover to the absorbent material and with garment attachment means for securing the assembly of the disposable cover and the absorbent material to a user's undergarment. Alternative embodiments of the invention can assume a pouch configuration. This alternative configuration is particularly useful if the absorbent material is in a form lacking significant cohesiveness, such as a tow of fibers.

Disposable cover for an absorbent materials

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Kobe, Japan

Mark Donovan Seymour