Abstract: A garment (1) includes an absorbent part (2) and a waist belt (3) which is attached directly or indirectly to the garment (1). The belt (3) includes two belt-portions (7,8) which extend essentially in mutually opposite directions from the absorbent part (2) and which are intended to be fastened together around the wearer of the garment (1). The handling properties and comfort properties of the garment have been greatly improved by using a belt (3) whose stiffness varies in the cross-direction thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, a panty liner or an incontinence pad, having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, including a liquid-permeable surface layer (102, 302), a liquid-blocking surface layer ) 103, 303) and an absorption body (104, 304) arranged between the two surface layers (102, 103; 302, 303), two side edges (105, 106; 305, 306) extending substantially in the longitudinal direction, a front edge (107, 307), a rear edge (108, 308), a front section (109, 309) and a rear section (110, 301), the width of the rear section (110, 301) not exceeding 40 mm, and a fastening member (112, 312) to be fastened to the body of a user. The product is essentially triangular in shape and the fastening member (112, 312) is applied to the liquid-permeable surface layer (102, 302) only in the rear section of the product.

Abstract: An absorbent sanitary protection device, designed so as to be worn intralabially, includes an absorption body with a first surface which is intended to face a wearer during use and a second surface which is intended to face away from the wearer during use. The absorption body of the sanitary protection device is made from a preformed, dehydrated hydrogel and is in the shape of a spoon with a cup-shaped portion arranged on the first surface and an elongate handle-shaped portion which, by way of the preforming, includes a portion which, on wetting, swells and forms a raised portion on the first surface of the protection device.