The invention relates to an absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin or an incontinence guard intended to be worn in the crotch part of a pair of underpants (9), and comprising an elongated absorbent pad (3) which is enclosed in a casing (1, 2) and which has attached to both long side edges (6, 7)...http://www.google.de/patents/US5454804?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5454804 - Sanitary napkin or an incontinence guard having flexible side-flaps
