Patent ID: 7670665

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the topsheet having a first side and a second side, the first side being a body-facing side, said topsheet defining a CD-MD plane and comprising a fibrous nonwoven web and tufts, said tufts comprising fibers of said fibrous nonwoven web and said tufts extending from said nonwoven web, wherein said absorbent core is disposed between said nonwoven web and said backsheet, a plurality of said fibers of said tufts being looped fibers, said topsheet further comprising first, second and third zones, each said zone being characterized in a Z-direction by the zone fiber orientation, wherein said first and third zones are displaced relative to each other and each comprise fibers having portions orientated substantially parallel to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, and said second zone is intermediate and adjacent to said first and third zones, said second zone comprising substantially reoriented fibers that are substantially vertically oriented with respect to said CD-MD plane of said topsheet, wherein said second zone comprises broken fibers.