Absorbent article with expandable backsheet
CA 2210203 C · Owner: Sageser, David Mark · Inventors: Sageser, David Mark; Milbly, John Thomas Jr.
Overview
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The present invention provides a disposable absorbent article such as an incontinent pad that is both comfortable and suitable for absorbing and containing large volumes of bodily liquids without leakage. Such an absorbent article includes a liquid pervious topsheet a, liquid impervious backsheet joined to the topsheet and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a material which expands when wetted. The backsheet includes at least one pleat which is tacked with a liquid soluble adhesive such that when the liquid soluble adhesive is wetted the adhesive dissolves allowing the pleat to expand as the absorbent core expands. The pleats may …
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- Filed January 5, 1996 and granted April 17, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 5, 2018.
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