Disposable hygiene article with improved fit
AssigneeEssity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
InventorsSofia Ekstedt, Josefin Sohl
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AssigneeEssity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
InventorsSofia Ekstedt, Josefin Sohl
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The present invention relates to a disposable hygiene article comprising a pair of curved compression lines in a rear portion of the article. The article has a core with a first region which has its narrowest width (M) in the transverse direction (x) in a front portion or at a location of a transition between the front portion and a crotch portion of the article. The absorbent core in the rear portion comprises the first (L1, R1) and second (L2, R2) pairs of rear compression lines, which extend in a longitudinal direction (y) between respective front and rear endpoints. A transverse distance (G3min) separates the rear endpoints of the pair of compression lines whilst a second, larger distance (G3max) separates the front endpoints of the compression lines.
A disposable hygiene article (1) comprising a transverse direction (x), a longitudinal direction (y) and a longitudinal centre line (A) dividing the article into left-hand and right-hand portions (I) and (II), whereby said article has a front portion, a crotch portion and a rear portion, and said article comprises a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and backsheet, wherein an outer contour of the absorbent core is defined by mutually symmetrical mirror-imaged portions arranged symmetrically about the centerline (A), and defined by first and second core edge lines, and the core is delimited by a core front edge in the front portion and a core rear edge in the rear portion, whereby said absorbent core comprises a first region extending in the longitudinal direction (y) of the article from a first region front edge in the front portion over the crotch portion to the rear portion, and wherein the outer contour of the first region is defined by mirror-imaged first and second first region edge lines, and whereby said first region comprises a head part and two leg portions extending symmetrically about the centre line (A) and in a longitudinal direction (y) of the article, starting and diverging from a common leg portion start point (a0) in the crotch portion and extending over a portion of the crotch portion towards separate leg portion endings in the rear portion, whereby a distance (ax) between facing sides of the respective leg portions in the transverse direction (x) varies in the longitudinal direction (y), whereby a maximum distance (a1) between the facing sides of the respective leg portions in the transverse direction (x) is in the crotch portion, located at a position in the longitudinal direction (y) corresponding to a position of a crotch point, whereby said facing sides of the respective leg portions converge backwards in the longitudinal direction (y) such that said distance (ax) is reduced from said maximum distance (a1) to a minimum distance (a2), whereby said absorbent core further comprises a second region at least partially surrounded by said first region and extending between said leg portions in the transverse direction (x) and in the length direction (y) from the leg portion start point (a0) in the crotch portion to an endpoint (al) in the rear portion, and wherein:
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