BARRIER FLAP FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE

• Main Authors: KIRBY, SCOTT SIMON CRAIG, SCHLINZ, DANIEL, R, BUTLER, RODNEY, ALLAN, ABNEY, PATRICK, DEAN, WILLE STABELFELDT, SARA JANE, FUNK, SARAH, A, ELLINGSON, DANIEL, LEE, BRIDGER, KYLIE BROOKE, MCMORROW, CONNIE, MAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.12.2014
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An elastic barrier flap for an absorbent article includes a web configured to define a gap and a plurality of elastic members captured by the web. The plurality of elastic members is symmetrically arranged about the gap defined by the web. The web and plurality of elastic members are adapted to inhi...