SANITARY ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH FLAPS CAPABLE OF GATHERING THE UNDERGARMENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a sanitary absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin that has the ability to protect the undergarment of the wearer from being soiled by menstrual liquid. The sanitary napkin has a main body with panels that originate from its longitudinal side edges. A distal end each panel that is continuous with the respective longitudinal side edge is folded underneath and affixed to the barrier later of the main body to form a looping member and a freely extending flap, the flap having at least one stiffening element which creates lateral stiffness in at least a portion of the flap in an amount sufficient to provide a preferential bending line at a line of juncture of the flab and the napkin.