Absorbent Article

Pia Kalentun, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 12/1/17
Issued: 9/8/26

A folded absorbent article comprising: a fluid permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core comprising at least two core layers located between the topsheet and the backsheet, the at least two core layers including an upper core layer and one or more underlying core layers, the upper core layer being located between the topsheet and the one or more underlying core layers, the topsheet and the backsheet extending together laterally outside the absorbent core, the absorbent core in its longitudinal direction having a front portion, a rear portion and an intermediate portion located between the front portion and the rear portion, a transversal width of a transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core being narrower than the transversal width of the rest of the core, a first end portion of the article being folded about a first transversal fold line over a central area of the article, the first fold line coinciding with or being adjacent the narrow transversal transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core, wherein the upper core layer extends within the front, the intermediate and the rear portions of the absorbent core, wherein at least one of the one or more underlying core layers is shorter than the upper core layer and extends within the intermediate portion and at least a part of the front portion of the absorbent core, wherein a second end portion of the article is folded about a second transversal fold line over the central area of the article, the second fold line being at or adjacent a rear transversal edge of the at least one shorter underlying core layer, the second fold line coinciding with the transition between the intermediate portion and the rear portion, and wherein the first end portion is folded onto the central area and the second end portion is folded onto the first end portion or the second end portion is folded onto the central area and the first end portion is folded onto the second end portion.