Sanitary Article with Shaping Element

Oscar Lipschutz, Gothenburg, Sweden; Louise Eliasson, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Philip Blomström, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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

Filed: 12/29/20
Issued: 9/8/26

A sanitary article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the sanitary article extends in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, wherein the sanitary article has first and second longitudinal side edges extending in the longitudinal direction and front and rear transverse side edges extending in the transverse direction, wherein the sanitary article is divided in a front portion, a crotch portion and a rear portion along the longitudinal direction, wherein the absorbent core comprises a head portion, a body portion, and a neck portion, wherein the neck portion forms a transitional region between the head portion and the body portion, wherein the head portion is positioned in the front portion of the sanitary article and the body portion is positioned in the crotch portion and in the rear portion of the sanitary article, wherein a transverse width of the absorbent core at the neck portion is smaller than a maximum transverse width of the absorbent core in the head portion and in the body portion, wherein the absorbent core in the front portion of the sanitary article is provided with a shaping element, promoting folding or shaping of the sanitary article, wherein the shaping element is at least one of a compressed groove, a channel, or a low density region, wherein the shaping element comprises a rearmost point along the longitudinal direction of the sanitary article, wherein the sanitary article has a first fastening wing extending along the first longitudinal side edge between a first wing front junction and a first wing rear junction and a second fastening wing extending along the second longitudinal side edge between a second wing front junction and a second wing rear junction, wherein the first fastening wing has a first adhesive region on a garment facing side thereof, wherein the second fastening wing has a second adhesive region on a garment facing side thereof, wherein each of the first adhesive region and the second adhesive region has a respective frontmost border along the longitudinal direction and a respective rearmost border along the longitudinal direction, wherein the sanitary article has a flat unfolded configuration in which the first and second fastening wings are unfolded and extend outwardly of a respective side of the absorbent core, wherein, in the flat unfolded configuration, the rearmost point of the shaping element is arranged in an area of the absorbent core extending between a transverse extension of the frontmost border of the first adhesive region and/or the second adhesive region along the longitudinal direction to a maximum width portion of the head portion, and wherein the absorbent core has no shaping element between the rearmost point of the shaping element and a transverse extension of the rearmost border of the first adhesive region and/or the second adhesive region along the longitudinal direction.