The Procter Gamble Company

Shirley Lee Chow

Jeffrey Vincent Bamber

Robb Eric Olsen

Nami Terada

John Lee Hammons

Letha Margie Hines

David Christopher Oetjen

Ronald Ray McFall

Glen Ray Lash

James W Cree

Patricia Lee Lampson

Megan R Moore

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.

Absorbent article having flaps with step configuration and zones of extensibility

A sanitary napkin is disclosed having an absorbent core comprising a central core segment and two side core segments. The sanitary napkin also includes a lifting member for displacing the central core segment relative to the side core segments.

Sanitary napkin having an independently displaceable central core segment

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Shirley Lee Chow