Curved sanitary napkin with garment attachment panels

A sanitary napkin for mounting onto the bodyside of the crotch portion of an undergarment and, during use, absorbing bodily excretions comprising:

• a) an elongated absorbent pad having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinally central portion and opposite longitudinal side edges, said side edges being deflectable with respect to said central portion and including an absorbent contained between a bodyside, liquid-permeable cover and a garment side, liquid-impermeable baffle, at least one of said cover and said baffle extending laterally beyond said absorbent to define said side edges, and said absorbent pad being normally curved upward with respect to its longitudinal axis;
• b) means for curving said pad upwardly and raising said side edges with respect to said absorbent;
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• c) at least one garment attachment panel carried by one of said opposite side edges and normally extending generally downward and inward and, during use, anchorable under the crotch portion of said undergarment, said anchoring at least potentially establishing a generally downward pull on one of said side edges and preventing said side edge from folding in toward said absorbent.

A sanitary napkin for mounting onto the bodyside of the crotch portion of an undergarment and, during use, absorbing bodily excretions, said undergarment having leg openings and said crotch portion having generally longitudinally oriented side edges defined by said leg openings comprising:

• a) an elongated absorbent pad having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinally central portion and opposite longitudinal side edges, said edges being deflectable with respect to said central portion, and including an absorbent contained between a bodyside, liquid-permeable cover and a garment side, liquid-impermeable baffle, said absorbent pad being normally curved upward with respect to its longitudinal axis;
• b) means for longitudinally curving said absorbent pad upwardly;
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• c) at least one garment attachment panel carried by one of said opposite side edges and normally extending downward and inward and, during use, being anchorable under said crotch portion of said undergarment, said garment attachment panel comprising a fixed portion attached to an underside of said one of said side edges and a free portion diverging from said side edge for, during use, extending under said crotch portion of said undergarment, the lateral disposition of said fixed portion of said garment attachment panel with respect to said pad defining an outer lateral limit for disposition of said side edge of said crotch portion of said undergarment.

A sanitary napkin for mounting onto the bodyside of the crotch portion of an undergarment and, during use, absorbing bodily excretions comprising:

• a) an elongated absorbent pad having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinally central portion and opposite longitudinal side edges, said edges being deflectable with respect to said central portion, and including an absorbent contained between a bodyside, liquid-permeable cover and a garment side, liquid-impermeable baffle, said absorbent pad being normally curved upward with respect to its longitudinal axis;
• b) means for longitudinally curving said absorbent pad upwardly and elevating at least a portion of each of said side edges to define a pair of opposite raised side edges, said edges each having an inner and an outer wall;
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• c) at least one garment attachment panel normally extending downward and inward and, during use, being anchorable under said crotch portion of said undergarment, said panel being integral with one of said raised side edges, and said panel and the inner and outer walls of said raised side edges being formed from a single sheet of material.