Thong-style sanitary pad and disposable thong for supporting same

摘要

An improved sanitary pad is adapted for use in a thong-style pair of underwear. One embodiment includes a disposable pair of thong-style underwear which have a thong-style sanitary pad build in to the underwear's saddle. To absorb and retain the anticipated menstrual flow volume and at the anticipated flow rate, the pad contains a double layer of absorbent material in a waisted, water impervious flexible channel within the pad. The waisting of the channel is sized to accommodate the narrow lateral width of the thong saddle. The upright substantially flat or otherwise smooth sides of the channel guide flow entering a capture zone of the pad saddle away from the capture zone to longitudinally outer reservoir zones formed In the front and rear of the pad.