Absorbent Insert

Helena Corneliusson, Gothenburg, Sweden; Mattias Johansson, Gothenburg, Sweden; Ulla Danielsson, Gothenburg, Sweden; Peter Axborn, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Karoline Lenhult, Lidköping, Sweden.

Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 4/7/21
Issued: 4/28/26

A disposable absorbent insert for a reusable outer shell, the insert having an extension in the longitudinal direction and the transversal direction, longitudinal and transversal side edges and having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portions, the insert comprising: an absorbent core having longitudinal and transversal side edges and being sandwiched between a liquid-permeable and user facing topsheet and a liquid-impermeable and garment facing backsheet, and wherein the absorbent core comprises: an absorbent component enclosed by a core cover comprising an upper and a lower side, the insert comprising a first longitudinal extending standing gather along a first longitudinal side edge of the insert and a second longitudinal extending standing gather along a second longitudinal side edge of the insert, wherein the topsheet extends transversely outside the first longitudinal extending standing gather to form a first side leakage flap and the topsheet extends transversely outside the second longitudinal extending standing gather to form a second side leakage flap, and the first and second side leakage flaps lack elastics.