Granted Patent B2

US 12,551,386 · App. 18/313,415 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Inventors: Henning Vohwinkel (Kronberg, DE); Wolfgang Domeier (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Rainer Hefele (Wurzburg, DE); Bruce William Lavash (West Chester, OH); Holger Wendt (Schwalbach am Taunus, DE)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

A61F13/84A61F13/472A61F13/47245A61F13/476A61F13/5611A61F13/5616A61F2013/4708A61F2013/8497

Abstract

Claims (19)

1 . A feminine hygiene article having a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, the feminine hygiene article further comprising:

a first wing extending laterally outboard of the chassis having a first leading edge extending outboard of the chassis, a first trailing edge extending outboard of the chassis and a first curvilinear edge connecting the first leading edge and the first trailing edge, wherein the first curvilinear edge forms an outermost portion of the first wing, the first wing further comprising a first proximal zone and a first distal zone and a first bisecting line forming at least a portion of a boundary between the first distal zone and the first proximal zone, wherein the first wing is asymmetric about the first bisecting line, wherein the first distal zone is disposed more outboard of the chassis than the first proximal zone, and wherein the first proximal zone forms the uppermost portion of the first wing;

a second wing extending laterally outboard of the chassis having a second leading edge extending outboard of the chassis, a second trailing edge extending outboard of the chassis and a second curvilinear edge connecting the second leading edge and the second trailing edge, wherein the second curvilinear edge forms an outermost portion of the second wing, the second wing further comprising a second proximal zone and a second distal zone and a second bisecting line forming at least a portion of a boundary between the second distal zone and the second proximal zone, wherein the second wing is asymmetric about the second bisecting line, wherein the second distal zone is disposed more outboard of the chassis than the second proximal zone, and wherein the second proximal zone forms the lowermost portion of the second wing;

wherein the first wing and the second wing are asymmetric with respect to a longitudinal centerline of the feminine hygiene article; and

wherein an entirety of the first curvilinear edge in the first distal zone is disposed more outboard of the chassis than an entirety of the first curvilinear edge in the first proximal zone and an entirety of the second curvilinear edge in the second distal zone is disposed more outboard of the chassis than an entirety of the second curvilinear edge in the second proximal zone.

2 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the feminine hygiene article comprises a first end and a longitudinally opposing second end, wherein the first fold line is disposed a first distance from the first end, wherein the first distance is from about 50 mm to about 110 mm.

3 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 2 , wherein the second fold line is disposed a second distance from the first end, wherein the second distance is from about 130 mm to about 250 mm.

4 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the feminine hygiene article comprises a first end and a longitudinally opposing second end, wherein the first fold line is disposed a first distance from the first end and the second fold line is disposed a second distance from the first end, wherein a ratio of the first distance to the second distance is from 0.3 to 0.5.

5 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the feminine hygiene article comprises a pitch length, wherein a ratio of the first fold line to the pitch length is from about 0.2 to about 0.4.

6 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the first distal zone and the second distal zone are longitudinally offset from one another.

7 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises a first end, an opposing second end, and an intermediate portion disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the second end comprises a first leg and an opposing second leg with a notch disposed between the first leg and the second leg.

8 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , further comprising a supplemental absorbent member, the supplemental absorbent member comprising an opening extending through the supplemental absorbent member, and wherein the supplemental absorbent member is disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core.

9 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 8 , further comprising a secondary topsheet disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, wherein the supplemental absorbent member is disposed between a topsheet and the secondary topsheet.

10 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , further comprising a first visual signal disposed in the first distal zone.

11 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 10 , further comprising a second visual signal disposed in the second distal zone.

12 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 11 , wherein the first visual signal and the second visual signal comprise a print signal.

13 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 11 , wherein the first visual signal and the second visual signal comprise embossing.

14 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the first wing and the second wing comprise a grasping area.

15 . The feminine hygiene article of claim 1 , wherein the first distal zone is at least partially bounded by the first trailing edge and the second distal zone is at least partially bounded by the second trailing edge.

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