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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1995
Applicants:
Letha Margie Hines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robb Eric Olsen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Letha Margie Hines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robb Eric Olsen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sanitary napkin which deforms to a convex upwardly shaped cross section. The sanitary napkin has a line of weakness which is symmetric about the longitudinal axis and longitudinally concave towards the lateral centerline. In a preferred embodiment, the line of weakness is discontinuous and comprises discrete sites joining the topsheet and core. The discrete sites may be bilaterally staggered about the line of weakness.