Patent ID: 8715258

Claim:
An absorbent article having a pair of longitudinal edges, front and rear transverse edges, a front end region, a rear end region, and a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions, the absorbent article comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet; a liquid impervious backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; a pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels formed at least in the central region, the traversal distance between the pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels decreasing towards both ends of the channels to define a central closed area having a maximum width, wherein the traversal distance between the pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels reaches 20% of the maximum width; a rear channel defining a rear closed area in the rear end region, the rear channel being discontinuous from the pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels; and a continuous support layer disposed in the rear end region between the absorbent core and the backsheet, the continuous support layer being however absent in the central region; the absorbent core being profiled within the central closed area so that the absorbent article in the central closed area has a caliper that is greater than a caliper of the absorbent article outside of the central closed area, wherein the central region extends an entire width of the absorbent article between the pair of longitudinal edges, and the pair of longitudinal edges and front and rear transverse edges define a periphery of the absorbent article.