Sanitary napkin

Abstract

An absorbent article aritcle for women includes an absorbent body which is sandwiched between a liquid-permeable outer sheet and a liquid-impermeable outer sheet. The article has a front part, which is intended to face forwards when the article is worn, and a rear part. The absorbent body has a length of 140-260 mm and tapers rearwardly from a section of greatest width situated in the front part of the article to the end of the rear part of the article. The absorbent body has a widest width of 60-80 mm in its front part, and a smallest width of 5-20 mm in its rear end, and includes a layer of dry-formed cellulose fibers having a density of at least 250 g/dm3 and extending over essentially the whole surface of the absorbent body, out to the front and side edges of the body. of a sanitary napkin, a panty liner or an incontinence protector for women comprising an absorbent body (2) which is sandwiched between a liquid-permeable outer sheet (3) and a liquid-impermeable outer sheet (4), said article having a front part (5), which is intended to face forwards when the article is worn, and a rear part, wherein the absorbent body has a length of 140-260 mm and tapers rearwardly from a section of greatest width situated in the front part of the article to the end of the rear part of said article. According to the invention, the absorbent body (2) has a widest width of 60-80 mm in its front part, and a smallest width of 5-20 mm in its rear end, and includes a layer (13) of dry-formed cellulose fibres having a density of at least 250 g/dm3 and extending over essentially the whole surface of the absorbent body, out to the front and side edges of said body.

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