Adaptable absorbent articles
OwnerElena Fernandez-Kleinlein, Sophie Mangininventors
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Abstract
A user adaptable absorbent article having a symmetrical silhouette with a first end and a second end, wherein the second end being in opposite relation to the first end, and a first longitudinally extending edge opposed to a second longitudinally extending edge, the longitudinally extending edges connecting the first end and the second end; a layered portion having an absorbent core with an asymmetric shape and a backsheet; and means for folding a portion of the absorbent article located either from or between at least one of the longitudinally extending edges and at least one of the ends, wherein the fold avoids the absorbent core.
Claims22
A user adaptable absorbent article comprising:
- A. a symmetrical silhouette comprising
- (i) a first end,
- (ii) a second end, wherein the second end being in opposite relation to the first end, and
- (iii) a first longitudinally extending edge opposed to a second longitudinally extending edge, the longitudinally extending edges connecting the first end and the second end;
- B. a layered portion comprising
- (i) an absorbent core and
- (ii) a backsheet;
- C. means for folding a portion of the absorbent article between at least one of the longitudinally extending edges and at least one of the end.
A user adaptable absorbent article comprising:
- A. a symetrical silhouette comprising
- (i) a first end,
- (ii) a second end, wherein the second end being in opposite relation to the first end, and
- (iii) a first longitudinally extending edge opposed to a second longitudinally extending edge, the longitudinally extending edges connecting the first end and the second end;
- B. a layered portion comprising
- (i) an absorbent core and
- (ii) a backsheet;
- C. means for folding a portion of the absorbent article from at least one of the longitudinally extending edges to at least one of the ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.