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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger Boulanger, Ste-Julie, CA;
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Inc., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
Abstract
A sanitary absorbent article is provided which has a generally rectangular main body and two positioning tabs laterally extending from the main body for use in securing the article to an undergarment of a user. The tabs, when folded, provide upstanding barriers that extend along the longitudinal edges of the main body to prevent leakage of menstrual fluid.