Absorbent Sanitary Article and a Method for Producing the Same

Gabriele Sablone, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy.

Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.

Filed: 9/27/22
Issued: 5/5/26

An absorbent sanitary article comprising: a chassis having a longitudinal axis, two side edges, rear and front waist sections, and a crotch section intermediate between the rear and front waist sections, the chassis including a topsheet having an outer surface which in use is adapted to be in contact with a user’s skin, a backsheet, and an absorbent core set between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one gasketing element applied on the outer surface of the topsheet in at least one of said rear and front waist sections, wherein the at least one gasketing element includes two non-elastic outer layers and a transversally stretchable elastic film sandwiched between said two non-elastic outer layers, wherein the two outer layers are separate and distinct layers fixed to each other to sandwich the transversally stretchable elastic film therebetween, wherein the transversally stretchable elastic film is shorter than the two non-elastic outer layers both in the direction of said longitudinal axis and in a transverse direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, so that the at least one gasketing element has two non-elastic longitudinal portions and two non-elastic transverse portions forming a non-elastic frame surrounding the transversally stretchable elastic film, wherein the at least one gasketing element is attached to the chassis along a C-shaped attachment profile including two opposite longitudinal portions and a transverse outer portion, wherein a central inner region of the at least one gasketing element is detached from the outer surface of the topsheet to form a pocket open toward said crotch section, wherein the central region includes the transversally stretchable elastic film such that the transversally stretchable elastic film is detached from the outer surface of the topsheet and is surrounded on three sides by the C-shaped attachment profile, and wherein the at least one gasketing element has a width in the transverse direction which is less than the width in the transverse direction of the respective rear and front waist sections of the chassis.