Hygiene article with suspenders

A hygiene article for being worn on the lower torso of a wearer adapted to receive and retain bodily exudates,

• said article exhibiting:
• a length/longitudinal/x-direction and a longitudinal centerline,
• a width/cross-directional/y-direction, perpendicular thereto and corresponding to the left-right direction of the wearer,
• a thickness or z-direction perpendicular to both;
• said article comprising, relative to a wearer during its intended use,
• a rear waist region and a front waist region, and
• a crotch point region positioned longitudinally between said waist regions
• and comprising a crotch point positioned between the anal opening and the genital organs of a wearer during its intended use,
• said article being adapted to be converted
• from a manufacturing configuration
• into an in-use configuration,
• wherein said article adopts a general U-shape by said longitudinally extending center line extending from the front or rear waist region of a wearer through the crotch point region into the opposite waist region of the wearer,
• and wherein said front and rear waist regions are adapted to encircle the waist of a wearer,
• said article comprising
• a skin protection sheet (SPS)
• adapted to separate bodily exudates from the skin of a wearer,
• and comprising at least one opening adapted to be positioned in registry with a bodily exudate releasing body opening or a genital organ,
• extending from said front or said rear waist regions at least into the crotch point region of said article, optionally into the opposite waist region;
• a backsheet adapted to retain said bodily exudates,
• wherein at least one of said SPS and said ESS, if present, comprise(s) longitudinal side margins that are overfolded along a longitudinal fold line towards but not over said longitudinal center line of said article,
• said article further comprising
• a spreading means (SM) adapted to maintain at least one of said opening(s) cross-directionally open during the article's intended use,
• a pull means (PM) comprising
• at least one longitudinally extending pull means strip(s),
• one or more suspender connecting means adapted to be connected to a suspender system which is connectable to but separate from said article.