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U.S. Patent No. 9,173,783 B1
December 1, 2015
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Juliana Terian, New York, NY; and Lauren Giordano, New York, NY. Filed by Femme, LLC, New York, NY. Filed: 10/3/14 Issued: 11/3/15 An adaptable absorbent article for wearing in a crotch region of a user, consisting of: a top pad and a bottom pad selectively attached in a stack wherein each of the top pad and bottom pad consists of: a liquid pervious top sheet that faces the user; a middle layer consisting of an acquisition distribution layer (“ADL”), a super absorbent polymer (“SAP”) and/or fluff, and an air-laid paper; a completely or substantially liquid impervious back sheet cloaking device; wherein the middle layer is positioned between said liquid pervious top sheet and said liquid impervious back sheet cloaking device; and wherein said liquid impervious back sheet cloaking device is connected via sewing to said liquid pervious top sheet on the side of the absorbent article that faces the undergarment; and adhesive on the back sheet cloaking device such that the top pad and bottom pad can be attached separately onto an undergarment; wherein the top pad includes a pubic and vaginal hair hiding device allowing for the top pad to cover hair in the pubic, pubic bone, and vaginal area; wherein the top pad has a tapered pedestal shape such that that the top section of said top pad is significantly wider than the bottom section of said to pad such that it is shaped to fit within a thong undergarment; wherein the bottom pad has a pedestal shape such that the top and bottom sections of said bottom pad are selectively sized to be wider than the middle section of the bottom pad; and wherein the widths of the top sections of the top and bottom pads are the same, and the width of the bottom section of the bottom pad is wider than the width of the bottom section of the top pad such that the bottom pad covers a larger area of the crotch region than the top pad.
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