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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Ingemar Fernfors, Mölndal, SE;
Ingemar Fernfors, Mölndal, SE;
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
An absorbent article is provided with a belt' attached to or adapted to be attached to the back portionof the article and to the front portionof the article in such a way that the article assumes a pantlike shape, where the belt forms part of the waist portion of the pant and has an outside′ and an inside′ which is intended to be in direct contact with a user. The belt comprises firstand second′ belt halves which at one of their ends are permanently attached to the topsheet within bonding areas′ of the insides′ in such a way that the belt halves′ remain substantially flat along their entire length when brought against the topsheet on top of each other, and in such a way that joints′ which are formed at the bonding areas will be pressed outwards in directions away from the user when the absorbent article is used.