Thin, flexible sanitary napkin

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In accordance with the present invention a sanitary napkin, having a body surface and a garment surface and being comprised of an absorbent means undelayed by a liquid barrier means wherein the sanitary napkin is relatively highly flexible and has a capacity great enough to handle medium to high menstrual flows is provided. In a preferred embodiment the sanitary napkin, comprises, from the body surface down an apertured formed film, topsheet, an apertured nonwoven wipe acquisition sheet a, wet-laid tissue, a superabsorbent core and a barrier sheet. Preferably, the central width of the absorbents is at least about 6.5 centimeters and the caliper of the napkin as a whole is less than about …