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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaoru Niihara, Hyogo, JP;
Thomas W Osborn, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6043851 ; 604387 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps that have inwardly-folded pleats that provide zones of differential extensibility for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down along the edges of crotch of the wearer's undergarments is provided.