Napkin-knickers provided with an improved elastic arrangement

Claim 1

A diposable napkin-knickers having a generally rectangular shape and comprising a flexible and impermeable support sheet, an absorbent wad disposed on the support sheet and a flexible and permeable upper sheet covering the absorbent wad, the upper sheet being fixed in at least a part of its periphery to the support sheet, two distinct systems of elastic bands extending longitudinally in at least a part of the length of said napkin-knickers, the first system comprising two elastic bands disposed between said wad and said support sheet one hand near each edge of said wad so that said wad cushions said first system of elastic bands, said first system imparting an anatomical shape to said napkin-knickers, said second system comprising two elastic bands disposed along the opposite edges of said napkin-knickers so as to ensure fluid tightness thereof when worn by the user, the bands of said first elastic system being substantially wider than the bands of said second elastic system, the material of said bands of said second elastic system being more stretchable than the material of said bands of said first elastic system, the bands of said second elastic system having greater than fifty and less than eighty percent of their length located in the near part of said napkin-knickers measured from a median transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said napkin-knickers.