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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denise Jean Bien, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cynthia Lee Alvis, Fairfield, OH (US);
Nicholas Albert Ahr, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ronald Ray McFall, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6043851 ; 604378 ; 6043852 ;
Abstract
Absorbent structures comprising a topsheet, a backsheet with an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet are described. The absorbent structures further comprise a support strip that provides a contractive force that causes at least a portion of the support strip and at least a portion of the topsheet to become decoupled from the absorbent core. Alternative embodiments of the absorbent structure include laterally extending flaps and an abbreviated undergarment.