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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Philip Blomström, Gothenburg, SE;

Shadi Ståhl, Mölndal, SE;

Anna Bagger-Sjöbäck, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/472 (2006.01); A61F 13/475 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/4752 (2013.01); A61F 13/47236 (2013.01); A61F 13/5616 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51443 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8402 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disposable hygiene article having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core. The article is releasably attached to a garment and has liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core. The article has a front portion, oriented upwards during use, having a tapering shape with a maximum width of the front portion, measured between first left and right edge points, and a minimum width, measured between second left and right edge points. A first imaginary connection line connects the first right edge point to the second right edge point and a second imaginary connection line connects the first left edge point to the second left edge point. The first and second imaginary connection lines extend in an angle ranging between 60° and 90° with the transverse direction T and have a length of at least 15% of the full length of the article.


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