Claims
- 1. A disposable sanitary napkin capable of placement within a garment, comprising:
- a liquid-permeable topsheet;
- a liquid-impermeable backsheet;
- a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet;
- a pair of side flaps formed separate from the topsheet and backsheet and extending along transversely opposite side edges of said core, wherein the side flaps are attached to the topsheet and the backsheet; and
- each of said side flaps comprising a longitudinally extending strip of soft, stretchable and liquid resistant sheet material bonded to an upper surface of said topsheet along a first side of said strip and which first side includes an intermediate portion and a free edge portion both of which portions extend inwardly from an associated side edge of the core to overlap the core when the napkin is in a flat position, each side flap including a folded portion formed outward from said side edge of said core and including a second side of said strip extending back inward from the folded portion into bonded attachment with said backsheet.
- 2. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1, wherein bonding of said strips to the article is performed in a stretched condition of said strips along said side edges of said core.
- 3. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1, wherein a second side flap is formed with a portion of each of said side flaps extending upward of said core to thereby define a pocket in cooperation with said topsheet.
- 4. A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid-permeable topsheet;
- a liquid-impermeable backsheet;
- a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet;
- a pair of side flaps formed separate from the topsheet and backsheet and extending along transversely opposite side edges of said core, wherein the side flaps are attached to the topsheet and the backsheet; and
- each of said side flaps comprising a longitudinally extending strip of soft, stretchable and liquid resistant sheet material bonded to an upper surface of said topsheet along a first side of said strip and which first side extends inwardly from an associated side edge of the core to overlap the core when the article is in a flat position, each side flap including a folded portion formed outward from said side edge of said core and including a second side of said strip extending back inward from the folded portion into bonded attachment with said backsheet, wherein mutually opposed inner surfaces of each said side flap extending outward from said core are bonded to each other along a longitudinal welding line, inward from an outer side edge of said side flap, to thereby define a tunnel communicating air therethrough between said welding line and said outer side edge.
- 5. A disposable sanitary napkin capable of placement within a garment, comprising:
- a liquid-permeable topsheet;
- a liquid-impermeable backsheet;
- a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet;
- a pair of side flaps formed separate from the topsheet and backsheet and extending along transversely opposite side edges of said core when the napkin is in a flat position, wherein the side flaps are attached to the topsheet and the backsheet; and
- each of said side flaps comprising a longitudinally extending strip of soft, stretchable and liquid resistant sheet material bonded to an upper surface of said topsheet along a first side of said strip and which first side includes an intermediate portion and a free edge portion both of which portions extend inwardly from an associated side edge of the core so that at least the free edge portion is structured to overlap the core when the napkin is in a flat position, each side flap including a folded portion formed outward from said side edge of said core and including a second side of said strip extending back inward from the folded portion into bonded attachment with said backsheet.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/437,744 filed May 9, 1995 now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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