Mcneil-ppc, Inc.

Personal Products Company

Subramanian Srinivasan

Thomas J Luceri

Peter W Jackson

Martin Wislinski

Fred H Steiger

Roger Bergquist

James A Bradstreet

Wanda W Jackson

Philip J Stevenson

Tong-Ho Hsieh

Alan G Cashaw

Schmuel Dabi

Edmund DeRossett

H Michael Moscherosch

A disposable absorbent article or pad provides improved wearer comfort because it is shaped to provide an optimal fit to the user's undergarment, it has soft, flexible sides to prevent chafing of the user's thighs, and it has relatively stiff ends to prevent the ends from curling up during use. The difference in flexibility between the pad's ends and sides is achieved by placing a core of absorbent material end to end along the longitudinal axis of the product and centered in the midsection of the product so that the absorbent material is present in the peripheral sections of the product's ends but is absent in the peripheral sections of the product's sides.

Sanitary napkin with soft, pliable sides and relatively stiff ends

In absorbent products, such as sanitary napkins, discreet areas of dry fibrous materials such as fluid-repellent materials are precisely placed in various planes within the product so as to provide barriers to bodily fluid leakage from the product. In a preferred embodiment, hydrophobic fibers are placed around the periphery of a central absorbent area of an absorbent product to discourage and/or prevent side or end leakage from the product.

Selective placement of absorbent product materials in sanitary napkins

A sanitary napkin is provided which is capable of being used as is or can be elongated by simple action by the user. The napkin comprises short tabs having pleats therein which can be unfolded to render the napkin longer.

Napkin with extendable tabs

A sanitary napkin having an adhesive element thereon for attaching to a undergarment is provided with means for both protecting the napkin and the adhesive element prior to use and for disposing of the napkin after use. The means comprise providing the napkin with a wrapper sheet of flexible material overlying one major surface, and the sides of the napkin and at least partially overlapping on the second major surface of the napkin. The sheet is releasably adhered to and held in place by the adhesive element.

Wrapped sanitary napkins

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East Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Subramanian Srinivasan