Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
Patent
1995-12-11
2000-09-12
Polutta, Mark O.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
6043851, A61F 1315
Patent
active
061171212
ABSTRACT:
An absorbent article includes an absorbent core located between a bodyside liner and an outer cover. A leg cuff is mounted to a base structure of the absorbent article in the crotch portion thereof. The leg cuffs are partially stretched when attached to respective longitudinal side portions near the crotch portion of the absorbent article. An outboard edge of the leg cuffs is generally unattached to the base structure of the absorbent article and can be stretched beyond the length of that portion of the base structure along which the leg cuffs are mounted. The leg cuffs may be mounted at an angle of between 5 and 25 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis. The leg cuffs extend outwardly toward the rear portion of the absorbent article and inwardly in the front portion when mounted at an angle.
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Faulks Michael John
Odorzynski Thomas Walter
Schleinz Alan Francis
Schlinz Daniel Robert
Serbiak Paul John
Curtin Jeffrey B.
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Polutta Mark O.
Wilhelm Thomas D.
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