摘要 |
APPLICANT: M?LNLYCKE AB TITLE: A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE, AND AN ARTICLE PRODUCED ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an absorbent article such as a diaper or an incontinence protector comprising an absorbent body surrounded by a casing, as well as an article produced according to said method. The absorbent body included in the inventive article is built up of a bottom layer consisting of at least one stratum and a top layer composed of one stratum or several mutually spaced strata, said top layer being intended to fit closely to the wearer's skin during use of the article and to serve as a spacer means between the wearer's skin and the bottom layer 1 while being designed to define at least laterally a basin-like space around the so-called wetting point which space, due to the article being thicker and thus more rigid within the areas around the basin -like space than within the area below said space, is maintined and expanded when applying the article onto the wearer's body. |