Patent ID: 6929629

Claim:
An absorbent product comprising a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, a front portion, a rear portion, a crotch portion located between the rear portion and the front portion, an absorbent element, a liquidtight layer and a stiffening element which contributes to a three-dimensional shape of the product during its use, wherein the stiffening element is in a planar state before use of the product, the stiffening element extends in the longitudinal direction of the product over the crotch portion and at least a part of the front portion, the stiffening element has a width at the transition between the crotch portion and the front portion which is substantially adapted to a distance between the muscle tendons of the wearer on both sides of the crotch of the wearer in the groin of the latter and which is about 15-45 mm, and the stiffening element extends in part over the rear portion and at the rear portion the stiffening element comprises two separate portions, one on each side of a longitudinal center line, wherein the absorbent element and the stiffening element may be the same structure or separate structures. wherein the stiffening element comprises a dry-formed fiber mat with a density between 0.15 and 0.75 g/cm 3 and a weight per unit area of about 100-400 g/m 2 .