Washable Sanitary Product: Karin Högberg, Mölnlycke, Sweden; and Lena Berglin, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Assigned to Ab Lindex, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 5/7/21
Issued: 1/6/26

A washable sanitary product comprising: a liquid impermeable back sheet, a liquid retaining pad, having an outer surface area adapted to reside nearest the skin of the user and an inner surface resting against the back sheet; wherein a peripheral portion of the back sheet extends radially outside a peripheral portion of the liquid retaining pad; wherein: a liquid impermeable annular liner being sealingly attached to the outer surface of the liquid retaining pad along the peripheral portion of the liquid retaining pad by a first seal and to the peripheral portion of the back sheet by a second seal, such that the peripheral portion of the liquid retaining pad is sandwiched between the back sheet and the liner, the annular liner and the back sheet together form a liquid impermeable container for the liquid retaining pad, the liquid retaining pad comprises at least one element of spacer fabric that serves as both liquid distribution layer and as liquid retaining layer, and the first seal and the second seal both extend along the entire peripheral portion of the liquid retaining pad.