摘要 |
The invention refers to an absorbent article (10) such as a sanitary napkin, where said article comprises an elongate absorbent core (12) delimited by an upper surface (14) and a lower surface (16). A pair of opposed longitudinal edge portions (18, 20) terminates in longitudinal edges (22, 24), and a pair of opposed transverse edges (26, 28). Said core has a first end portion (30), a second end portion (32) and a central portion (34) located between said end portions. A liquid permeable topsheet (36) extends over said upper surface (14), and a liquid barrier backsheet (42) covers said lower surface (16) of said absorbent core (12). Barrier strips (46, 48), each strip covering a respective longitudinal edge portion (18, 20) forms liquid-retaining pockets (64, 66) along each longitudinal edge portion. A pair of longitudinal elastic members (50, 52) is arranged along said barrier strips (46, 48) that are placed along each longitudinal edge portion (18, 20) of said absorbent core in at least said central portion (34) of said absorbent core. The invention is characterized in that the elastic members (50, 52) include spacing means (60) arranged at a distance from each other along the length of the elastic members (50, 52) to create fluid conducting channels (62). |