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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Maria Raidel, Nürnberg, DE;
Franz Aschenbrenner, Kastl, DE;
Maria Raidel, Nürnberg, DE;
Franz Aschenbrenner, Kastl, DE;
Hakle-Kimberly Deutschland GmbH, Koblenz, DE;
Abstract
Method for directed drainage of fluids emerging in a localized manner, and further absorbent article which comprises: a front region; a rear region; a central region between the front and rear regions; an upper layer permeable to body fluids and which faces the body of the user when the absorbent article is in use; a lower layer impervious to body fluids and which is remote from the body of the user when the absorbent article is in use; a fluid-distribution layer disposed between the fluid-permeable layer and the impervious layer, the fluid-distribution layer extending from the front region to the rear region; and a fluid-storage layer disposed between the lower layer and the fluid-distribution layer. The absorbent article comprises one or more transport layers transferring fluid from the fluid-distribution layer at least into the part of the fluid-storage layer located in the front and/or rear region of the absorbent article.