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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Kent Vartiainen, Gothenburg, SE;
David Lindqvist, Gothenburg, SE;
ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A folded absorbent article with an absorbent core having at least two core layers located between a topsheet and a backsheet is provided. The width of a transition between front and intermediate portions of the core is narrower than a width of the rest of the core. A first end portion of the article is folded about a fold line that coincides with or is adjacent the narrow portion of the core. A second end portion of the article is folded about a second and rear transversal fold line. The first end portion may be folded onto a central area and the second end portion may then be folded onto the first end portion, or the second end portion may be folded onto the central area and the first end portion may then be folded onto the second end portion.