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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Filip Jansson, Göteborg, SE;
Marie Johansson, Mölnlycke, SE;
Fredrik Asp, Onsala, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An absorbent article having an absorbent core and a cover enclosing the absorbent core. The absorbent core is provided with at least two slits or grooves diverging from a crotch region of the absorbent core in a direction towards one transverse edge of the absorbent core and terminating inside the respective longitudinal edge as well as the respective transverse edge of the absorbent core. These slits or grooves form folding guides along which the article can be formed into a shape having a narrow crotch width.