Sanitary napkin with resilient stiffening means

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A sanitary napkin including a stiffening means which because of its resilient properties enables the napkin to lie flat and helps it to retain a large degree of its original configuration even after it is subjected to the type of compressive forces that occur during use, is disclosed. The sanitary napkin comprises an absorbent core; a liquid pervious material surrounding the core; a sheet of a liquid impervious material forming a moisture barrier and substantially covering the bottom portion of the napkin the, barrier being positioned between the core and the liquid pervious material; stiffener means located between the core and the liquid impervious material, and a plurality of track …