Shaped absorbent pad for disposable diapers

Claim 1

A shaped disposable diaper comprising; an impervious backing layer and a pervious facing layer, said layers being coextensive, and an absorbent pad disposed between said layers and spaced inwardly from the end margins and side margins of said facing and backing layers, said facing and backing layers having their greatest width at said end margins and a narrower width between said end margins, said pad having its widest portions adjacent the end margins and being narrower in the center portion of the pad, said pad having an indentation in each longitudinal edge adjacent said side margins, said indentations being disposed symmetrically opposite each other and being positioned approximately one-third the distance from one end of the pad to provide a short area between the one end of the pad and a first portion of the indentation, and a long area between the opposite end of the pad and a second portion of the indentation, the first portion of the indentation having substantially the shape of a minor portion of a circle having an arc from about 90° to about 120°, providing the deepest part of the indentation, a second portion of each indentation being formed by a line of uniformly straight slope from the deepest part of the indentation to the longitudinal side of the pad at an angle from about 30° to about 45° to the sides of the pad, the second portion of each indentation having a substantially triangular shape.