Patent ID: 6017336
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable absorbent article comprising a backsheet, a topsheet connected in superposed relation to said backsheet, an absorbent body located between said topsheet and said backsheet, and a pair of longitudinally extending, compression resistant containment barriers which are located in a laterally spaced apart relation on a bodyfacing surface of said absorbent article and which are configured to provide a void space between a wearer's buttocks and said bodyfacing surface of said absorbent article for containing fecal exudates wherein each of said containment barriers defines a length, a width, a height, a width to height ratio of at least about 0.5, and a compression resistance of at least about 50 percent and an inner edge of each of said containment barriers defines a plurality of recesses which define a depth in a lateral direction towards an outer edge of said respective containment barrier and away from a longitudinal centerline of said absorbent article.