Claims
- 1. A sanitary napkin comprising:
- a fluid permeable cover,
- a fluid impermeable backing sheet,
- an absorbent system disposed between said cover and said backing sheet, said absorbent system comprising a hydrophilic fluid transfer layer adjacent said cover and coextensive with a primary absorbent layer adjacent said backing sheet, said primary absorbent layer having a peripheral edge, wherein said fluid transfer layer extends beyond the peripheral edge of the absorbent layer,
- said sanitary napkin when viewed in plan having a major and a minor axis and longitudinal sides and a generally hourglass-shaped perimeter defined by the longitudinal sides of said napkin being generally and symmetrically concave relative to said major axis,
- said minor axis being disposed perpendicular to said major axis at the narrowest point of bioconcavity between said longitudinal sides,
- said cover being sealed to said backing around the perimeter of said napkin,
- and said primary absorbent layer having a pore size distribution in the wet state such that about 90% of the pores are less than 300 .mu.m in radius and about 10% of the pores are greater than 300 .mu.m in radius.
- 2. A sanitary napkin according to claim 1 wherein said fluid transfer layer is bonded on one surface to said cover and on the other surface to the absorbent layer.
- 3. A sanitary napkin according to claim 2 wherein said absorbent layer is rectangular in shape and has a maximum width substantially as wide as the narrowest point of bioconcavity between said longitudinal sides and a length substantially as long as the length of the napkin.
- 4. A sanitary napkin according to claim 2 wherein said absorbent layer is bonded to the backing sheet.
- 5. A sanitary napkin comprising:
- a) a fluid permeable cover layer having an outer surface and an inner surface;
- b) a fluid transfer layer having an outer surface and an inner surface comprising a web of substantially hydrophilic fibers, the outer surface of said transfer layer being bonded to the inner surface of said cover layer;
- c) a highly absorptive, highly retentive fluid reservoir layer having an outer surface and an inner surface comprising a substantially hydrophilic material having a fluid holding capacity of at least about 7.5 grams of water per gram of absorptive material, the outer surface of said fluid reservoir layer being bonded to the inner surface of said fluid transfer layer; and
- d) a fluid impervious backing sheet, said cover layer and said backing sheet extending beyond the edge of said fluid transfer and reservoir layers and being sealed to one another around the periphery of said napkin;
- wherein said fluid reservoir layer has a pore size distribution in the wet state such that about 90% of the pores are less than 300 .mu.m in radius and about 10% of the pores are greater than 300 .mu.m in radius.
- 6. A sanitary napkin according to claim 5 wherein said sanitary napkin when viewed in plan has a major and a minor axis and a generally hourglass-shaped perimeter defined by the longitudinal sides of said napkin being generally and symmetrically concave relative to said major axis, said minor axis being disposed perpendicular to said major axis at the narrowest point of bioconcavity between said longitudinal sides, said cover layer being sealed to said backing around the perimeter of said napkin.
Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 727,703 filed Jul. 10, 1991, abandoned, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 581,851, filed Sep. 13, 1990 which was a Continuation of application Ser. No. 242,273 files Sep. 12, 1988.
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