US 12,285,324 B2
Continuous strips of sanitary napkins on a roll
Thomas E. Devlin, Winchester, MA (US)
Assigned to Egal Pads Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
Filed by Egal Pads Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,809.
Application 18/371,809 is a continuation of application No. 17/012,305, filed on Sep. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,819,395.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,076, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009042 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/551 (2006.01); B65D 75/46 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/5514 (2013.01) [B65D 75/46 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530481 (2013.01); A61F 13/5611 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manufacture comprising a roll of sanitary napkins, said roll comprising
a core and
a strip that is wound around said core,
wherein said strip comprises: a first face, a second face that lies opposite said first face and that is parallel to said first face, and a layer that separates said first face from said second face,
wherein said layer is an absorbent layer,
wherein said first and second faces join each other at margins that surround said layer, thereby preventing exposure of said absorbent layer,
wherein said strip comprises weakened regions that extend across said strip in a transverse direction, each of which defines first and second segments on either side thereof, said first and second segments extending in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to said transverse direction,
wherein said first segment forms a first sanitary napkin and said second segment forms a second sanitary napkin,
wherein said first sanitary napkin extends along a length of said first segment,
wherein said second sanitary napkin extends along a length of said second segment,
wherein, as a result of said first and second sanitary napkins extending along said lengths of said first and second segments, said first and second sanitary napkins are in contact with each other along a weakened region that is between said first and second segments,
wherein each of said first and second sanitary napkins comprises portions of said absorbing layer, an adhesive layer, and an impervious layer between said adhesive layer and said absorbing layer.