Jörg Eilers, Ulm, Germany; Rüdiger Kesselmeier, Herbrechtingen, Germany; Andreas Böhmler, Heidenheim, Germany; Karina Schwarz, Kammeltal-Reid, Germany; and Thurid Manns, Heidenheim, Germany. Assigned to Paul Hartmann Aktiengesellschaft, Heidenheim, Germany.
Filed: 3/25/11
Issued: 9/8/15

Patented is a sanitary or incontinence pad, having a longitudinal and a transverse direction, and a front end region in the longitudinal direction which covers at least one quarter of an overall longitudinal extension of the sanitary or incontinence pad, and a rear end region in the longitudinal direction which covers at most one fifth of the overall longitudinal extension of the sanitary or incontinence pad, said sanitary or incontinence pad comprising: a primary pad part extending in the longitudinal direction; and having an absorption body for absorbing bodily fluids; two wings extending in the transverse direction from respective longitudinal sides of the primary pad part so as to form a front wing pair, said front wing pair being arranged outside the front end region so that the front end region is not flanked by wings, wherein at least 90% of a top-view-surface of the two wings of the front wing pair is arranged within a subsection of the overall longitudinal extension of the sanitary or incontinence pad, said subsection covering at most one quarter of the overall longitudinal extension of the sanitary or incontinence pad; and another two wings extending in the transverse direction from the respective longitudinal sides of the primary pad part so as to form a rear wing pair, wherein at least 90% of a top-view-surface of the another two wings of the rear wing pair is arranged within the rear end region, and wherein the two wings and the another two wings are foldable about a web of an undergarment and are each delimited by a front side flank and a rear side flank, wherein the subsection adjoins the front end region, and wherein the front end region covers at most one third-of the overall longitudinal extension of the sanitary or incontinence pad.