Patent ID: 7820875
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A unitary disposable absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent core having a garment-facing surface and a body-facing surface; a liquid permeable topsheet positioned adjacent said body-facing surface of said absorbent core; a liquid impermeable backsheet positioned adjacent said garment-facing surface of said absorbent core; said backsheet having a physical variation along a longitudinal axis of the article, wherein said physical variation defines a first backsheet zone and a second backsheet zone, wherein said physical variation is as measured by a physical property selected from the group consisting of at least one of basis weight, thickness and density; and at least one elastomeric element having at least one primary direction of stretch, said elastomeric element at least partially overlapping and joined to said second backsheet zone, wherein a relaxed pathlength of said elastomeric element in the primary direction of stretch is less than a total pathlength of said backsheet in the region of overlap.