Shaped sanitary napkin with flaps
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorKees J. Van Tillburg
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Abstract
A shaped sanitary napkin. The sanitary napkin of this invention has an absorbent means, such as an absorbent core, and two flaps extending outwardly from the absorbent means. Each flap is associated with the absorbent means along a nonlinear line of juncture and each has two axes of flexibility. In use, the absorbent means is secured in the crotch of a panty and the flaps are secured about the elastic edges of the panty so that, when the panty is worn, the absorbent means is held adjacent the body while the flaps form a wall at each side of the absorbent means and seals against the body. Both the walls and the seals serve to prevent soiling of the body and clothing by menstrual fluid.
Claims34
A sanitary napkin comprising:
- a. An absorbent means;
- and
- b. Two flaps extending laterally outwardly from said absorbent means;
- wherein:
- i. Each of said flaps is connectively associated with said absorbent means along a nonlinear line of juncture;
- ii. Each of said flaps having a free distal edge remote from
- iii. Each of said flaps including a first axis of flexibility intermediate said line of juncture and said distal edge;
- and
- iv. Each of said flaps including a second axis of flexibility intermediate said first axis of flexibility and said distal edge;
- and
- wherein said sanitary napkin is adapted to be worn adjacent the human body intermediate said body and the human wearer's undergarment.
A device for absorbing bodily fluid discharges comprising:
- a. An absorbent means comprising a fluid pervious body contacting surface and an opposed liquid impervious surface;
- and
- b. Two flaps extending laterally outwardly from said absorbent means;
- wherein:
- i. Each of said flaps is connectively associated with said absorbent means along a nonlinear line of juncture;
- ii. Each of said flaps having a free distal edge remote from said line of juncture;
- iii. Each of said flaps including a first axis of flexibility intermediate said line of juncture and said distal edge;
- iv. Each of said flaps including a second axis of flexibility intermediate said first axis of flexibility and said distal edge;
- v. Each first axis is adapted to enable independent rotation of said distal edge in an arc generally in the direction from said liquid impervious surface toward said fluid pervious body contacting surface:
- and
- vi. Each second axis is adapted to enable rotation of said distal edge in an arc generally in the direction from said fluid pervious body contacting surface toward said liquid impervious surface.
A sanitary napkin comprising:
- a. An absorbent means;
- and
- b. Two flaps extending laterally outwardly from said absorbent means;
- wherein:
- i. Each of said flaps is connectively associated with said absorbent means along a nonlinear line of juncture;
- ii. Each of said flaps having a free distal edge remote from said line of juncture;
- iii. Each of said flaps including a plurality of axes of flexibility intermediate said line of juncture and said distal edge;
- and
- wherein said sanitary napkin is adopted to be worn adjacent the human body intermediate said body and the human wearer's undergarment.
A sanitary napkin comprising:
- a. An absorbent means;
- and
- b. At least one flap extending laterally outwardly from said absorbent means;
- wherein:
- i. Said flap and said absorbent means are connectively associated along a nonlinear line of juncture;
- ii. Said flap having a free distal edge remote from said line of juncture;
- iii. Said flap including a first axis of flexibility intermediate said line of juncture and said distal edge;
- and
- iv. Said flap including a second axis of flexibility intermediate said first axis of flexibility and said distal edge;
- and
- wherein said sanitary napkin is adapted to be worn adjacent the human body intermediate said body and the human wearer's undergarment.
A laterally articulated sanitary napkin comprising a longitudinally elongate absorbent core, a proximal flap panel extending laterally outwardly from adjacent each side edge of said core, and a distal flap panel extending laterally outward from the outboard edge of each said proximal flap panel, each napkin comprising means for acticulating each said proximal flap panel with respect to said core, and articulating each said distal flap panel with respect to the adjacent proximal flap panel, said means for articulating each said distal flap panel relative to the adjacent proximal flap panel further comprising a longitudinally extending hinge means, and said core having a medial width of from about 2 to about 7 centimeters.
A sanitary napkin that is sized and configured to be worn in a user's panties which panties are so sized and configured that the crotch edge portions can be positioned in the user's groins while the crotch region of the panties noncompressively cover the user's labia majoria, said sanitary napkin comprising a longitudinally elongate absorbent core, a liquid barrier backsheet, and a pair of flexible side flaps which extend laterally outwardly from adjacent the side edges of said absorbent core, said core having an hourglass-shape having a transverse medial width less than the widths of its end portions but sufficient to laterally span across the distal surfaces of the user's labia majoria, and said flaps being sufficiently flexible and sized and configured to be so disposed in a user's panties that proximal portions of said flaps extend upwardly to the user's groins and cover laterally outwardly facing surface areas of the user's labia majoria, and so that distal portions of said flaps extend downwardly from said user's groins and are disposed intermediate edge portions of said crotch region of the user's panties and areas of the user's inner thigh regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.