摘要 |
<p>An absorbent article, preferably a sanitary napkin, having a body-facing side, a garment-facing side, a length, a width, and two longitudinal side margins. The sanitary napkin comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and said backsheet. A pair of flaps are provided, each flap extending from a longitudinal side margin and each of the flaps are folded over the topsheet in a topsheet facing relationship. Means for maintaining the flaps in the topsheet facing relationship have a wipe article associated therewith. In a preferred embodiment the means for maintaining the flaps in the topsheet facing relationship comprises a release strip and the wipe article comprises a wet wipe. In a further embodiment, the absorbent article is an individually packaged sanitary napkin having a releasable wrapper affixed to the backsheet adhesive, and provided in a tri-folded package.</p> |