ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH ANGLED BAND STRUCTURAL ELASTIC-LIKE FILM CUFFS

摘要

Disclosed is an absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, incontinent device, or the like. The absorbent article comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article further comprises a pair of longitudinally extending bands of web material disposed on the body surface of the topsheet on each side of a longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article and joined to at least one of the topsheet and the backsheet in a longitudinally elastically elongated state. The bands of web material comprise first and second regions which are visibly distinct from each other. The first region comprises at least two substantially planar portions and the second comprises a plurality of raised, rib-like elements. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the substantially planar portions of the first region of the bands of web material extends in a substantially longitudinal direction and at least one other of the substantially planar portions of the first region of the bands of web material is oriented at an angle with respect to the longitudinal direction. Alternative embodiments of the present invention can be further provided with flaps positioned at least in a middle region of the absorbent article and which extend laterally outward from a side edge of a central absorbent body.