Appeal No. 2006-0041 2
Application No. 10/037,377
INTRODUCTION
The claims are directed to an absorbent article such as a labial pad. The article
includes a liquid-impermeable baffle, an absorbent, and a retainer flap extending over
the baffle such that the baffle is between the retainer flap and the absorbent. The
absorbent article has both a body-facing surface, and a body-opposing surface, and is
shaped to fit within a female user’s vestibule.
Claim 15 illustrates the invention on appeal:
15. An absorbent article, comprising:
(a) a liquid-impermeable baffle;
(b) an absorbent, said absorbent article being configured for disposition
primarily within a vestibule of a female wearer, said absorbent article
having a central longitudinal axis, an outer edge defining a first outer
perimeter of said absorbent article, a body-faceable surface, and a surface
opposed to the body-faceable surface; and
(c) a retainer flap extending over said baffle and covering greater than about
40 percent of the surface opposed to the body-faceable surface such that
said baffle is between said retainer flap and said absorbent, said retainer
flap having a second outer perimeter, the second outer perimeter having
first and second portions, the first portion being disposed proximate the
first outer perimeter of said absorbent article, and being generally attached
in said absorbent article at or adjacent the first outer perimeter, the second
portion of the outer perimeter of said retainer flap extending across an
outer surface of said baffle whereby said retainer flap covers a portion of
said baffle, the second portion of the second outer perimeter of said
retainer flap being displaceable from said baffle thereby to define a first
cavity between said retainer flap and said baffle.
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