Abstract: Disposable hygiene article comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core, flexible side flaps arranged on opposite sides of the absorbent core for attaching the article to a garment, and liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core. The flexible side flaps each comprise at least a side layer which is secured to the topsheet by means of a seam, the seam partitioning the side layer in a first part and a second part with the first part extending from the seam towards the longitudinal centre axis and the second part extending from the seam away from said longitudinal centre axis. The first parts form the liquid side barriers.

Abstract: A package has an outer enclosure enclosing absorbent units and being at least partially non-opaque, wherein said outer enclosure has a thickness which is less than 70 ?m, and wherein the outer enclosure is at least partly of a first predetermined colour and the absorbent units are at least partly of a second predetermined colour as viewed through the outer enclosure. The absorbent units have at least one lightly coloured or light grey area and the outer enclosure has a dominant area covering a substantial part of the area of the outer enclosure and having a lightness value above 75, and the colour difference between the dominant area and the lightly coloured or light grey area as seen through the outer enclosure is chosen so that the absorbent units are generally not visible through the outer enclosure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sanitary article, including a topsheet, a backsheet and absorbent core, the sanitary article having an extension in a longitudinal direction and transverse direction, first and second longitudinal edges extending in the longitudinal direction and front and rear transverse edges extending in the transverse direction, the sanitary article being divided in a front portion, crotch portion and rear portion, the absorbent core including a head portion, body portion and neck portion forming a transitional region between the head portion and body portion, the head portion being positioned in the front portion and the body portion being positioned in the crotch portion and rear portion, wherein the absorbent core in the front portion of the sanitary article is provided with a shaping element.

Abstract: An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid absorbent top layer and a backing layer, the top layer and the backing layer being made from roll materials and being joined together. The top layer is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres, the mixture including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled cellulosic fibrous web.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sanitary article (1), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner. The sanitary article (1) has a first fastening wing (9) extending at a first longitudinal side edge (5) and a second fastening wing (10) extending at a second longitudinal side edge (6), the first fastening wing (9) having a first wing maximum width (Wfimax) and the second fastening wing (10) having a second wing maximum width (Wf2mx). The first fastening wing (9) comprises a first adhesive region (12) on a garment facing side thereof and the second fastening wing (10) comprises a second adhesive region (13) on a garment facing side thereof, the first and the second adhesive regions (12,13) having a respective adhesive region maximum width (waimax, Wa2max). The first and the second adhesive region (12,13) are covered with a common release paper (14,140), the common release paper (14,140) having a width (wr), as seen in the transverse direction.

Abstract: An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid absorbent top layer and a backing layer, the top layer and the backing layer being made from roll materials and being joined together. The top layer is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres, the mixture including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled cellulosic fibrous web.

Abstract: An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid permeable topsheet, a backing layer and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backing layer, the topsheet and the backing layer being made from roll materials. The topsheet or an absorbent layer in the absorbent core is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled fibrous web.

Abstract: An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid permeable topsheet, a backing layer and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backing layer, the topsheet and the backing layer being made from roll materials. The topsheet or an absorbent layer in the absorbent core is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled fibrous web.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a package (1) of absorbent units (5; 11), said package (1) includes an outer enclosure (2) enclosing the absorbent units (5; 11) and being at least partially non-opaque, wherein the outer enclosure (2) has a thickness (t) which is not more than approximately 70 ?m, wherein the outer enclosure (2) supports a first graphical item (3) and at least one of the absorbent units (5; 11) supports a second graphical item (9; 9?). Furthermore, the absorbent unit (5; 11) supporting said second graphical item (9; 9?) is configured so that the second graphical item (9; 9?) is positioned in a manner so that it is generally not visible for a viewer from outside the outer enclosure (2). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a package (1) of the above-mentioned type.

Abstract: The absorbent article as disclosed herein has longitudinal side edges extending in a longitudinal direction and transverse front and rear end edges extending in a transverse direction. The absorbent article including a fluid permeable surface layer and a backsheet. The fluid permeable surface layer is an embossed surface layer including an embossing pattern covering from 3% to 20% of the total surface area of said surface layer. The surface layer is an air-through-bonded fibrous nonwoven surface layer including synthetic fibers and has a basis weight of from 14 to 30 g/m2.

Abstract: A sanitary article comprises a fluid permeable surface layer and a backsheet. The backsheet is provided with an adhesive in at least one adhesive region arranged on an outwardly oriented side for attachment of the sanitary article to an undergarment on a user-facing side of the undergarment and at least one adhesive-free region arranged on the outwardly oriented side. The surface layer is an air-through-bonded fibrous nonwoven surface layer having a basis weight of from 14 to 30 g/m2 and a density of from 20 to 90 kg/m3. The adhesive-free region extends in the longitudinal direction and the transverse width of the adhesive-free region is from 7% to 40% of total transverse width of the backsheet, as measured at a widest transverse width of the backsheet in the rear portion.

Abstract: A package has an outer enclosure enclosing absorbent units and being at least partially non-opaque, wherein said outer enclosure has a thickness which is less than 70 ?m, and wherein the outer enclosure is at least partly of a first predetermined colour and the absorbent units are at least partly of a second predetermined colour as viewed through the outer enclosure. The absorbent units have at least one lightly coloured or light grey area and the outer enclosure has a dominant area covering a substantial part of the area of the outer enclosure and having a lightness value above 75, and the colour difference between the dominant area and the lightly coloured or light grey area as seen through the outer enclosure is chosen so that the absorbent units are generally not visible through the outer enclosure.

Abstract: The absorbent article as disclosed herein has longitudinal side edges extending in a longitudinal direction and transverse front and rear end edges extending in a transverse direction. The absorbent article comprises a fluid permeable surface layer, a backsheet and an intermediate layer located between the fluid permeable surface layer and the backsheet. The surface layer has a wearer-facing portion facing the user during use. The surface layer is an air through bonded fibrous nonwoven surface layer having a basis weight of from 14 to 30 g/m2 and a density of from 20 to 90 kg/m3. The intermediate layer extends under from 70 to 100% of the wearer-facing portion of the surface layer. The intermediate layer and the surface layer have a respective elongation at 10 N/50 mm. The elongation of the intermediate layer is lower than the elongation of the surface layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a package (1) of absorbent units (5; 11), said package (1) includes an outer enclosure (2) enclosing the absorbent units (5; 11) and being at least partially non-opaque, wherein the outer enclosure (2) has a thickness (t) which is not more than approximately 70 ?m, wherein the outer enclosure (2) supports a first graphical item (3) and at least one of the absorbent units (5; 11) supports a second graphical item (9; 9?). Furthermore, the absorbent unit (5; 11) supporting said second graphical item (9; 9?) is configured so that the second graphical item (9; 9?) is positioned in a manner so that it is generally not visible for a viewer from outside the outer enclosure (2). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a package (1) of the above-mentioned type.

Abstract: An absorbent disposable article, such as a diaper, panty diaper, panty liner, sanitary napkin or incontinence device is disclosed. The article has a porous polymer-based structure obtainable by a process of: (a) depositing and photopolymerizing, layer-by-layer in accordance with a predetermined 3D model, an emulsion having an external continuous phase surrounding droplets of an internal phase having has one or more photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers and a photopolymerization initiator; and (b) removing the internal phase from the continuous polymer phase formed from the one or more photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers. The process produces a monolithic porous structure having three types of pores: (i) pores resulting from the location from which the internal phase was removed, (ii) pores interconnecting the pores according to (i), and (iii) pores as predetermined by the 3D model. The invention also relates to a method of making the article.

Abstract: The absorbent article comprises at least a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer, each layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, and longitudinal and transversal edges, the article having a longitudinal front portion, a longitudinal back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portion. The article comprises a first and a second zone of microencapsulated phase change material on a surface of a layer of the article. The first and second zones are selected form zones having different microencapsulated phase change materials, different concentrations of a microencapsulated phase change material or comprise microencapsulated phase change material having different phase change temperature intervals.

Abstract: An absorbent article including at least a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer, each layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, and longitudinal and transversal edges, the article having a longitudinal front portion, a longitudinal back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portion, the article includes a first zone of microencapsulated phase change material on a surface of a layer of the article, and wherein the first zone has a non-linear boundary in at least the transversal direction of the article.

Abstract: An absorbent article having a main body having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core sandwiched between the topsheet and the backsheet is disclosed. The main body has longitudinal and transversal axes. The article has two wings extending asymmetrically outwardly from a crotch portion of the main body in opposite directions with respect to the longitudinal axis. The wings are provided with means for fastening them to a garment when folded over the main body and towards the longitudinal axis. Each wing has an outer edge which defines at least one arc of a circle having a radius coinciding with a section of the outer edge. The section extends between a first point and a second point along the outer edge where the arc no longer coincides with the outer edge. The radius is between 40-500 mm. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the absorbent article.

Abstract: An absorbent article including at least a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer, each layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, and longitudinal and transversal edges, the article having a longitudinal front portion, a longitudinal back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portion, the article includes a first zone of microencapsulated phase change material on a surface of a layer of the article, and wherein the first zone has a non-linear boundary in at least the transversal direction of the article.

Abstract: The absorbent article comprises at least a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer, each layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, and longitudinal and transversal edges, the article having a longitudinal front portion, a longitudinal back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portion. The article comprises a first and a second zone of microencapsulated phase change material on a surface of a layer of the article. The first and second zones are selected form zones having different microencapsulated phase change materials, different concentrations of a microencapsulated phase change material or comprise microencapsulated phase change material having different phase change temperature intervals.