Patent ID: 6652500
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article having a body-facing side, 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; and an underlying liquid pervious layer having a thickness, said underlying layer being positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein said body-facing side of said absorbent article has a bonded region and an unbonded window wherein said topsheet is fused to said underlying layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas that are located in said bonded region, and said unbonded window on said body-facing side is substantially free of bonded areas, and is surrounded by a closed geometric figure formed by a plurality of spaced apart bonds, wherein said bonds which form closed geometric figure are arranged in a number of opposed, concave inwardly-oriented, curvilinear lines.