The Procter Gamble Company

Nami Terada

Jeffrey Vincent Bamber

Kazuaki Tameishi

Robb Eric Olsen

Shirley Lee Chow

Glen Ray Lash

Robert E Lee Marshall, Iii

Jin-Young Song

An individually packaged absorbent article is disclosed. The individually packaged absorbent article comprises an absorbent article and a wrapper. The absorbent article extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a main body portion having a pair of longitudinal side edges, a pair of end edges, a garment surface, and a body surface. The absorbent article includes a pair of flaps joined to the main body portion and extending laterally outward beyond the longitudinal side edges of the main body portion. The garment surface of each of the flaps has a flap fastener. The flaps are folded over the body surface of the main body portion to expose the flap fasteners. The wrapper for the absorbent article has a main wrapper sheet The body surface of the main body portion is disposed to face the main wrapper sheet. The flap fastener of the flap is releasably affixed to the main wrapper sheet. The main body portion and the wrapper are folded as a unit at least about one transverse axis such that the garment surface is oriented inwardly with respect to the folded unit.

Individually packaged absorbent article

An individually packaged absorbent article is disclosed. The individually packaged absorbent article comprises an absorbent article and a wrapper. The absorbent article extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a main body portion having a pair of longitudinal side edges, a pair of end edges, a garment surface, and a body surface. The garment surface of the main body portion has a main fastener. The wrapper for the absorbent article has a main wrapper sheet and a main fastener cover. The body surface of the main body portion is disposed to face the main wrapper sheet. The main fastener of the main body portion is covered by the main fastener cover. The main fastener cover is joined to the main wrapper sheet. The main body portion and the wrapper are folded as a unit at least about one transverse axis such that the garment surface is oriented inwardly with respect to the folded unit. At least a part of the main fastener is exposed when the wrapper is opened.

The present invention relates to a compound sanitary napkin ( ) comprising a primary absorbent member ( ), a base member ( ), flaps ( ) and at least one zone of extensibility ( ). The compound sanitary napkin ( ) has a longitudinal center line along a longitudinal direction and a transverse center line along a transverse direction. The primary absorbent member ( ) has a longitudinal length (PL), a transverse width (PW), a thickness (PT), a pair of longitudinal sides ( ) and a pair of transverse ends ( ), and comprises a primary absorbent element ( ) and a fluid pervious cover ( ) superimposed on the primary absorbent element ( ). The base member ( ) has a longitudinal length, a transverse width, a thickness, a pair of longitudinal sides ( ) and a pair of transverse ends, and comprises a fluid pervious body-facing sheet ( ) and a fluid impervious garment-facing sheet ( ) joined to the fluid pervious body-facing sheet ( ), the primary absorbent member ( ) is joined to the base member ( ) at least at a part of the longitudinal direction of the primary absorbent member ( ). Flaps ( ) extend laterally outwardly from the longitudinal sides of the base member ( ). Each of the flaps ( ) has a proximal edge ( ) joined with the longitudinal sides ( ) of the base member ( ), a distal edge ( ) spaced laterally outwardly from the proximal edge ( ). The flaps ( ) cover a portion of the leg openings of the wearer's undergarment. At least one zone of extensibility ( ) comprises at least a portion of the flaps ( ), wherein at least a portion of the zone of extensibility ( ) is spaced longitudinally away from the flap transverse centerline. The entire length of the proximal edge of the flaps ( ) is not less than 20% of the length of the primary absorbent member ( ). At least the zone of extensibility ( ) is extensible to be capable of a stress given to the flap ( ) when the compound sanitary napkin ( ) is worn so that the flaps ( ) are relatively free from shifting when at least a portion of the primary absorbent member ( ) shifts away from the flap ( ).

Compound sanitary napkin having flaps and zone of extensibility

Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, which have flaps are disclosed. The absorbent articles have a deformed hinge that is located between at least a portion of the main body portion of the absorbent article and the flaps, and zones of extensibility for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down and under a wearer's undergarment.

Absorbent article having deformed hinge and zones of extensibility

Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, which have flaps are disclosed. The absorbent articles have flaps with a step configuration. The absorbent articles may also have a deformed hinge that is located between at least a portion of the main body portion of the absorbent article and the flaps, and zones of extensibility for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down and under a wearer's undergarment.

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