Patent ID: 6231555
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article having a body-facing side with a bonded region and an unbonded window wherein a portion of said absorbent article underlies said bonded region and said unbonded window, said absorbent article comprising:a liquid pervious topsheet defining said body-facing side of said absorbent article;a liquid impervious backsheet joined to said topsheet; andan underlying liquid pervious layer having a thickness, said underlying layer being positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein said topsheet is fused to said underlying layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas that are located in said bonded region, said unbonded window on said body-facing side is substantially free of bonded areas, and is surrounded by said bonded region so that the portion of said absorbent article underlying said unbonded window is capable of more readily acquiring liquids than the portion of said absorbent article underlying said bonded region and wherein said unbonded window is at least about 5 cm long in the longitudinal direction and at least about 1 cm wide in the transverse direction.