Patent ID: 6899701

Claim:
An absorbent article for wearing in a supporting garment, said absorbent article comprising: a liquid pervious side; a liquid impervious side opposite said liquid pervious side; and an absorbent component between said liquid pervious side and said liquid impervious side, wherein said liquid pervious side and said liquid impervious side are arranged to form a unitary structure; wherein said absorbent article is characterized in that it has a flexure resistance of less than or equal to 100 grams and is capable of substantially maintaining sustained contact with and covering at least a portion of the inside surfaces of the wearer's labia, at least a portion of the exterior surfaces of the wearer's labia, and at least a portion of the supporting garment; and wherein said absorbent article is of a size and configuration only to cover a female wearer's vaginal pudendal region and perineum, and does not extend forward beyond the wearer's mons pubis or rearward to the wearer's anus.