LIGHT ABSORBENT PAD WITH SIDE LEAKAGE BARRIER SYSTEM

摘要

A disposable absorbent article to trap and collect fluid waste products of a wearer. The pad includes a non-woven top sheet, a fluid acquisition system, a core, and a polymer cover sheet. The top sheet includes a pair of elasticized flaps extending along its marginal sides, and which are secured in place at the respective ends of the pad, but which stand up on either side of the central portion of the pad so that the pad assumes a cup-like shape. The flaps prevent the egress of fluid laterally from the pad.