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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Gunnar Larsson, Göteborg, SE;
Gunnar Larsson, Göteborg, SE;
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Göteborg, SE;
Abstract
An absorbent article (), such as an incontinence protector, sanitary napkin or the like, includes a liquid permeable top sheet (), a backing sheet () and an absorbent core () enclosed therebetween. The absorbent core includes an upper absorbent layer () proximal to the top sheet and a lower absorbent layer () distal to the top sheet. An elongated hole () extending in the longitudinal direction of the article is made in the absorbent core. First and second elastic elements () attached to opposite lateral edges of the absorbent core () extend along the hole in a longitudinal direction and the top sheet () is affixed to the elastic elements and to the bottom of the hole ().