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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce William Lavash, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kaoru Niihara, Ashiya, JP;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604387 ; 604390 ; 6043852 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article having a main body portion, a pair of flaps joined to the main body portion, and a unitary release material joined to a portion of each of the flaps such that the unitary release material superposes the flap adhesive when the flap is folded along a fold line. Each of the flaps form an included angle of about 180.degree. to about 270.degree. relative to the perpendicular axis of the main body portion.