Claims
- 1. A sanitary napkin having a longitudinal centerline, two longitudinal side margins, and two lateral side margins, said sanitary napkin comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet;
- a liquid impervious backsheet at least partially peripherally joined to said topsheet;
- a transversely segmented absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet, said transversely segmented absorbent core being divided into a plurality of independent segments having transverse edges; and
- a means to promote relative longitudinal movement between adjacent segments of said core which comprises said transverse edges of said independent core segments being mutually co-bevelled.
- 2. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein said core has two independent segments.
- 3. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein said core has three independent segments.
- 4. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein one said segment of said core is a rear segment, said rear segment being adapted to longitudinally move on to the top of said adjacent segment, so that said rear segment is interposed between said adjacent segment and said topsheet.
- 5. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein two of said adjacent segments of said segmented core have substantially zero Z-direction relative displacement at the longitudinal centerline and maximum Z-direction relative displacement at the longitudinal side margins of said sanitary napkin.
- 6. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein two said adjacent segments of said segmented core have substantially zero Z-direction relative displacement at said longitudinal side margins and maximum Z-direction relative displacement at the longitudinal centerline of said sanitary napkin.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/827,555, filed on Jan. 28, 1992, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/630,451, which was filed on Dec. 19, 1990, now both abandoned.
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