Abstract: A wipe (100), especially for cleaning the genital and anal region, having a drying layer (101) with a first surface (102) and a second surface (103). A tunnel-shaped gripping member (104) is arranged on the second surface (103), which tunnel-shaped gripping member (104) has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, with two long sides (108′, 109′) extending in the longitudinal direction and two short sides (110′, 111′) extending in the transverse direction. An opening (112, 113) extending in the transverse direction is arranged at least one short side (110′, 111′) of the tunnel-shaped gripping member (104), the tunnel-shaped gripping member (104) and the opening (112, 113) having an extent in the transverse direction which permits insertion of at least one finger and at most three fingers into the tunnel-shaped gripping member (104).

Abstract: A wipe (100), especially for hygiene purposes, has a first surface (102) and a second surface (103), with a hydrophilic drying material (101) arranged on the first surface (102). A tab-shaped gripping member (104) is arranged on the second surface (103), which gripping member (104) has a length direction and a width direction, the length of the gripping member being at least 10 millimeters and the width of the gripping member not exceeding 5 millimeters, and the gripping member allows the wipe (100) to be held by securely gripping it longitudinally between two fingers of the hand.

Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent article intended for female users, such as a sanitary napkin, or an incontinence guard, having such a shape and size that it may be substantially accommodated in the crotch region of a pair of panties and having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction. The article exhibits a liquid-pervious cover layer (2) and a liquid-impervious cover layer (3) and further an absorbent core consisting of at least one absorbent body (6), arranged between the two surfaces (2, 3), and wherein a hump (16) is arranged at the liquid-pervious cover layer (2) of the article. The invention is characterized in that the hump (16) is substantially shape permanent in the transverse direction of the article, both in a wet and in a dry state, and to such an extent that the hump (16) is not deformed in the transverse direction, either temporarily or permanently, by the forces acting on the hump (16) during use of the article.

Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard, or a panty-liner, which article has a generally elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and exhibits two side edges (9, 10), two end portions (6, 7), and a crotch portion (8) located between the end portions (6, 7), which article further exhibits a liquid-pervious cover layer (2), intended to be facing the user during use, and a liquid-impervious cover layer (3), intended to be facing away from the user during use. The article comprises at least within the crotch portion (8) a stiffening element (15) of a material with a very high intrinsic stiffness, whereby the article in the crotch portion (8) has an extension in the transverse direction which during use of the article is between 40 mm and 15 mm and preferably is between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard or a panty-liner, which article has a generally elongated shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and exhibits two long sides, two short sides, two end portions and a central portion, located between the end portions, and exhibiting a transversely extending cross-sectional line from which the width of the article increases in a direction towards a short side of the article, whereby the end portion located at the short side exhibits a maximum width which is larger than the width of the central portion, whereby the article changes inclination at the cross-sectional line, whereby the inclination is defined by an angle between the long side of the article and a longitudinal line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the article, which article exhibits a width of the central portion which has an upper limit of 60 mm, and an angle of 30-90°, and the article has a stiffness, at least in the f

Abstract: The invention relates to a blank (1) intended to constitute a shaped element (2) in an absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, an incontinence pad or a panty liner, which blank (1) is made from a rigid material and initially has a plane and essentially elongate shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, two short sides (3, 4) and two long sides (5, 6), two end portions (7, 8) and a central portion (9), one end portion (7) being wider than the central portion (9) and having a width which increases towards the short side (3) of the blank (1) and the other end portion (8) having a cutout (10). The invention also relates to a shaped element produced from the blank, an absorbent product comprising such a shaped element, and also methods of producing a shaped element and an absorbent product comprising the shaped element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blank intended to constitute a shaped element in an absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, an incontinence pad or a panty liner, which blank is made from a rigid material and initially has a plane and essentially elongate shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, two short sides and two long sides, two end portions and a central portion, one end portion being wider than the central portion and having a width which increases towards the short side of the blank and the other end portion having a cutout.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing fastener elements for fastening devices that are intended to be affixed to side-parts of an absorbent article of the kind which includes a central part and front and rear side-parts that project out from respective sides of the central part, so as to enable the front and rear side-parts on one and the same side of the central part of the article to be joined together. According to the invention, a central, longitudinally extending, wave-shaped slit is made in a material web which includes at least one continuous row of fastening devices or a continuous string of fastener devices or fastener-device blanks which extends in the longitudinal direction of the material web. Transverse slits are made on both sides of the material web up to the region of the wave-shaped slit, these transverse slits being mutually spaced in the longitudinal direction of the web at a continuously repeated spacing sequence.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an absorbent article in the form of a pants diaper or a sanitary panty starts from a flat blank which includes an elongated absorbent body (5) enclosed between two casing sheets (2, 9) which at opposing front and rear end parts of the absorbent body have side parts which extend laterally beyond the body on opposite sides thereof. The method includes the step of folding the blank about a transverse axis so that the end edges of the side parts lie edge-to-edge. The front and rear side parts of the blank which oppose one another in the folded state of the blank are joined together by a releasable and refastenable fastener (20). A pants diaper can be manufactured in accordance with this method.

Abstract: An absorbent article having a front part (12), a rear part (14) and an intermediate crotch part (13), such as a diaper, an incontinence guard or like article. The article includes an absorbent body (1), a liquid-impermeable bottom sheet (7) joined to the absorbent body, and a top sheet (9) which is free from connection with the absorbent body over a large part of its surface and which lies proximal to the wearer's body when the article is worn, and which top sheet includes an opening (15) which extends from the rear article part into the crotch part, and elastic devices (24, 25) which are fastened to the top sheet in a stretched state and which when contracting from the stretched state cause the part of the top sheet that is not joined to the absorbent body to be distanced from the body. The top sheet (9) includes a further opening (16) which extends from the front part (12) into the crotch part (13).

Abstract: An absorbent article having a front part (12), a rear part (14) and an intermediate crotch part (13), such as a diaper, an incontinence guard or like article. The article includes an absorbent body (1), a liquid-impermeable bottom sheet (7) joined to the absorbent body, and a top sheet (9) which is free from connection with the absorbent body over a large part of its surface and which lies proximal to the wearer's body when the article is worn, and which top sheet includes an opening (15) which extends from the rear article part into the crotch part, and elastic devices (24, 25) which are fastened to the top sheet in a stretched state and which when contracting from the stretched state cause the part of the top sheet that is not joined to the absorbent body to be distanced from the body. The top sheet (9) includes a further opening (16) which extends from the front part (12) into the crotch part (13).

Abstract: An absorbent article such as a diaper, an incontinence guard or the like in which the top sheet (1) of the article includes a transverse barrier (11) which divides the article into a rear and a front part (4, 6) and which is intended to prevent faeces discharged to the rear part of the top sheet from moving to the front part thereof. Arranged in the absorbent body (3) essentially opposite the top sheet barrier (11) is a liquid barrier (21) which prevents, either completely or partially, the transportation of liquid in the absorbent body from the front part of the article to the rear part thereof, at least in the layer (18) of the absorbent body that lies proximal to the wearer in use.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent pants diaper includes an elastic pant provided with holes corresponding to the locations of the anus and the urethral opening when worn. Liquid impermeable layers cover the holes and are sealed to the elastic pant around the holes to thereby form pockets for receiving feces and urine respectively. The pockets also contain absorbent and/or superabsorbent material.

Abstract: Absorbent body in an absorbent product such as a diaper, incontinence pad, sanitary napkin or the like, and which comprises a liquid acquisition portion (13; 11, 13) and a liquid storage portion (12) adjacent thereto. The liquid acquisition portion has at least one well (13) which is located at the assumed wetting area of the absorbent body and extends into and through the liquid storage portion (12) and is in liquid communication with a liquid wicking layer (14) arranged under the liquid storage layer (12). The material in the liquid acquisition portion (13; 11, 13) has a mean pore size which is greater than the mean pore size in the liquid storage portion (12). The absorbent body has a high instantaneous absorption even during repeated wetting and a low rewetting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent body which is intended to form the absorbent element in an absorbent article, such as a diaper, an incontinence guard or a sanitary napkin, and includes a first absorbent layer which, in use, is intended to face towards the wearer, and a second absorbent layer which is intended, in use, to face away from the wearer. According to the invention, the absorbent body includes at least two mutually different cellulose fluffs, wherein the major part of the fibre structure of the first absorbent layer is comprised of a first type of cellulose fluff having low liquid-spreading ability and a critical bulk which exceeds 8 cm.sup.3 /g at 2.5 kPa, while the major part of the fibre structure of the second absorbent layer is comprised of a different type of cellulose fluff having a critical bulk beneath 8 cm.sup.3 /g at 2.5 kPa and a higher liquid-spreading ability than the cellulose fluff in the first absorbent layer.

Abstract: An absorbent body for use in an absorbent product such as a diaper, incontinence pad, sanitary napkin or the like and which comprises a liquid acquisition portion and a liquid storage portion adjacent thereto. The liquid acquisition portion has a cover layer which covers at least substantial portions of the liquid storage portion and at least one portion which is located at the assumed wetting area of the absorbent body and extends into the underlying liquid storage portion. The material in the liquid acquisition portion has a mean pore size which is greater than the mean pore size of the liquid storage portion. The absorbent body has a high instantaneous absorption, even upon repeated wetting and a low rewetting.

Abstract: An absorbent article which includes a liquid-permeable outer sheet (1) mounted on a first surface of the article, a liquid-impermeable outer sheet (2) mounted on a second surface of the article, and an absorbent body (3) which is enclosed between the two casing sheets and which includes a receiving space (24) for receiving and accommodating body liquid or fluid, the space comprising at least one cavity or region of lower density than the density of a part of the absorbent body (3) located adjacent the receiving space (24) generally in the same plane.

Abstract: An absorbent article which includes a liquid-permeable outer sheet (1) disposed on a first surface of the article, a liquid-impermeable outer sheet (2) disposed on a second surface of the article, and an absorbent body (3) which is enclosed between the two casing sheets and which includes a receiving space (24) for taking-up body liquid, wherein the space is comprised of at least one cavity or region of lower density than the density of a part of the absorbent body (3) adjacent the receiving space (24) and located generally in the same plane. The article is mainly characterized in that the receiving space (24) is disposed in a storage layer (19) in the absorbent body (3), and in that parts (20,125) of the storage layer (19) adjacent the receiving space (24) include a material which when wetted increases in volume in a direction generally perpendicular to the first surface of the article, whereby the size of the receiving space (24) is also increased in this direction as a result of wetting the article.

Abstract: A disposable, absorbent article such as a diaper or an incontinence guard includes an absorbent pad disposed between inner and outer casing layers. At least one of the inner and outer casing layers is made of an elastic material having areas from which material has been removed while leaving coherent material parts in order to impart different elastic properties to different parts of the material. The material removed can be in the form of through holes or blind holes.

Abstract: A method of elastifying a non-woven or plastic jacket of a pants-type article in its unassembled hour-glass form, arranged end-to-end in a longitudinal web, includes the steps of stretching a web length of elastic net, film or elastomeric non-woven material, which is rectilinear in its unstretched state, transversely but not longitudinally at the two end portions (113) which will form the waist, stretching the length of elastic net, film or elastomeric non-woven material longitudinally but not transversely at the intermediate crotch portion (14) therebetween, whereby the net or film will naturally assume the desired hour-glass shape of the jacket to be elastified, then bonding the stretched net or film in its hour-glass shape to the jacket (5).