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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce William Lavash, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Henrich, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl Louis Bergman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Raymond John Dirk, Cleves, OH (US);
Kaoru Niihara, Hyogo, JP;
Thomas Ward Osborn III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Vincent Bamber, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6043852 ; 604387 ; 156160 ; 156161 ; 156164 ; 156204 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps and 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.