Patent ID: 7785307

Claim:
A pant-type absorbent article comprising an absorbent assembly comprising an absorbent core and a chassis, said chassis comprising a front portion and a back portion, wherein the front and back portions are joined to each other along two opposite longitudinal side edges to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings, at least one of the front and back portions comprises an elastic web material, said article further comprising a crotch portion located between the front portion and the back portion in the longitudinal direction of the article, said front portion having a length (b 1 ) in the longitudinal direction, said back portion ( 6 ) having a length (b 3 ) in the longitudinal direction, and said crotch portion having a length (b 2 ) in the longitudinal direction, said absorbent assembly lying at least in said crotch portion and overlapping a certain distance with both the front and back portions, said article having a front half defined by the edges of the article and a transverse centre line of the article, and a rear half defined by the edges of the article and a transverse centre line of the article, said article having a longitudinal (y) and a transverse direction (x), wherein a surface area of the front half is between 80% and 90% of a surface area of the rear half, as measured in an extended state of the article.