ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED SHAPE STABILITY

摘要

An absorbent article, such as a diaper, an incontinence protector or a sanitary towel, with an essentially elongate shape and with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and comprising an absorption body (4) enclosed between a liquid-permeable cover layer (2) and a liquid-impermeable cover layer (3), and having at least one elastic barrier (31, 32), the elastic barrier (31, 32) comprising a piece of material (9) which can be raised from the liquid-permeable cover layer (2), and an elastic member (19, 20) which is arranged pretensioned. A flexurally rigid shaping element (22) curved in an arch shape is arranged between two edges (7, 8) of the article, the shaping element (22) counteracting the contracting force occurring in the raisable piece of material (9) on account of the pretensioning of the elastic member (19, 20), as a result of which the article has a barrier (31, 32) raised from the liquid-permeable cover layer (2).