Brian Francis Gray, Cincinnati, OH; Brett Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH; Andres Ernesto Velarde, Covington, KY; Bruce William Lavash, West Chester, OH; and Guido Bonelli, Pescara, Italy. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/14/13
Issued: 12/1/15
A system comprising: a. menstrual pant, said menstrual pant comprising: i. A front part; ii. A back part; iii. A crotch part provided so as to bridge between the front part and the back part, the crotch being utilized for fitting a sanitary napkin, iv. A waist opening part provided in an upper edge of the front part and an upper edge of the back part; v. A pair of leg openings provided below both side edges of the front part and both side edges of the back part; and vi. a lifting strip disposed along the longitudinal centerline in the rear portion, wherein the menstrual pant applies body-contacting pressures to the wearer’s body longitudinally through the crotch of 25 to 100 g/cm2; b. an absorbent article comprising an a topsheet having a body facing surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet, wherein the absorbent article exhibits a 30-minute Vertical Wicking Height of at least about 12 cm, wherein the absorbent article has a longitudinal central region that is capable of being positioned in the space between the wearer’s labia, said longitudinal central region being capable of residing in said space between the wearer’s labia at an elevation that is higher than at least some portions of the absorbent article that are located laterally outboard of said longitudinal central region and wherein the absorbent article is capable of assuming such a configuration without compression by the inner portion of a wearer’s thighs.
A menstrual pant, said menstrual pant comprising: a. A front part; b. A back part; c. A crotch part provided so as to bridge between the front part and the back part, the crotch being utilized for fitting a sanitary napkin; d. A waist opening part provided in an upper edge of the front part and an upper edge of the back part; e. A pair of leg openings provided below both side edges of the front part and both side edges of the back part; and f. a lifting strip disposed along the longitudinal centerline in the rear portion, wherein the lifting strip applies a body-contacting pressure to the wearer’s body longitudinally through the crotch of 25 to 100 g/cm2, wherein the lifting strip comprises a longitudinal length pass member, wherein the longitudinal length pass member is between about 0.5% to about 20% shorter than an overall pitch of the menstrual pant.