Disposable body fluid absorbent wearing article
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorToshifumi Otsubo
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Abstract
A disposable body fluid absorbent wearing article includes a body fluid absorbent pad, and a crotch region of the pad is defined by a pair of darts extending in a back-and-forth direction of the article. The article has a body fluid absorbent core divided into an inner portion extending between the darts and outer portions respectively extending outside the respective darts.
Claims15
A disposable body fluid absorbent garment, comprising:
- a body fluid absorbent pad which includes at least a body fluid absorbent core and a liquid-pervious topsheet covering an upper surface of said absorbent core, said pad having a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions;
- and
- means for holding said absorbent pad to face a wearer's body when said garment is worn by the wearer;
- wherein
- said absorbent pad is provided along transversely opposite sides thereof, in said crotch region, with a pair of transversely opposite darts formed by at least said topsheet;
- said absorbent core comprises an inner absorbent core lying between said pair of darts and lateral outer absorbent cores lying outside the respective darts and
- said absorbent core having an outer periphery surrounded by end and side flaps formed by at least said topsheet.
A body fluid absorbent pad, having a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, said body fluid absorbent pad comprising:
- a central absorbent core braced by lateral outer absorbent cores positioned on opposite lateral sides of said central core;
- and
- darts each located between the central core and one of the outer cores;
- wherein said darts extend along two lines extending longitudinally along transversely opposite sides of said central core, said lines being spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing from a minimum at a longitudinally middle point thereof to a maximum at longitudinally opposite ends thereof.
A body fluid absorbent pad, having a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, said body fluid absorbent pad comprising:
- a central absorbent core braced by lateral outer absorbent cores positioned on opposite lateral sides of said central core;
- darts each located between the central core and one of the outer cores;
- and
- side flaps which extend outward beyond lateral outer side edges of the outer cores and are foldable back to an upper surface of said body fluid absorbent pad, said side flaps being joined at front and rear longitudinal end portions thereof to said upper surface so as to form a pair of side pockets between said side flaps and the respective outer cores.
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