Patent ID: 9445951
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An absorbent article comprising: an absorbent core and a cover enclosing the absorbent core, the absorbent core including opposed longitudinal edges extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, said cover comprising a liquid pervious inner cover on the body facing side of the absorbent core and a liquid impervious outer cover on the garment facing side of the absorbent core, said article having in the longitudinal direction a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween, the inner cover, in at least a fecal receiving area, comprises parts of the rear and crotch portions of the article, and the inner cover comprises a nonwoven three-dimensionally structured hydrophilic fibrous web material having on the body facing surface a plurality of alternating recessed and elevated portions, wherein the recessed as well as the elevated portions are hydrophilic and said three-dimensionally structured hydrophilic fibrous web material defines the body facing surface of the inner cover in at least parts of the rear portion and crotch portion of the article that is covered by the absorbent core, the liquid pervious inner cover comprises first and second liners, said first liner at least partially covers a front region of the body facing surface of said inner cover, and said second liner overlaps the first liner and at least partially covers a rear region of the body facing surface of said first liner in the rear region only in an area of the rear region that overlaps the absorbent core, and extends to longitudinal edges of the absorbent core at least in the crotch portion without crossing the longitudinal edges in the crotch portion, said second liner comprises a continuous sheet of said nonwoven three-dimensionally structured hydrophilic fibrous web material and covers a smaller area of the absorbent core than the first liner as viewed in plan view of the article in a flat, uncontracted state of the article, and apertures are provided in the recessed portions of the three-dimensionally structured hydrophilic fibrous web material, each aperture extending continuously from the body facing surface of the second liner to the first liner.