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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Solgun Drevik, Lindome, SE;
Fredrik Asp, Onsala, SE;
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an absorbent article ( ) in the form of a sanitary napkin, a panty liner or a female incontinence napkin, comprising a front portion ( ) and a rear portion ( ) which includes an absorbent body ( ) enclosed between a liquid-permeable casing sheet ( ) and a liquid-impermeable casing sheet ( ), wherein the absorbent body is comprised of a central pad ( ) that extends from the forward end of the front portion to the rear end of the rear portion, and two side bodies ( ) which extend along the side edges of the central absorbent body on respective sides thereof and along a part of said body. According to the invention, the central absorbent body ( ) tapers rearwardly from a section of greatest width located in the front portion ( ) of the article to the end of the rear portion ( ) of said article, wherein the side bodies ( ) extend rearwardly from a point on the tapering part of the central absorbent body to the rear end of the article.