Patent ID: 6918900

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a substantially impermeable backsheet; a permeable topsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the substantially impermeable backsheet and a skin-opposing surface of said permeable topsheet; a friction-inducing substance adhered to both a skin-facing surface of the permeable topsheet at at least two application zones defined by a predetermined area adjacent to and approximately parallel to each of the two front-side application edges or each of the two back-side application edges and to a skin-opposing surface of the substantially impermeable backsheet at at least two application zones defined by a predetermined area adjacent to and approximately parallel to each of the two front-side application edges or each of the two back-side application edges; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a skin-facing surface of the permeable topsheet at two application zones, each said application zone being defined by a predetermined area adjacent to and approximately parallel to each of a pair of back-side application edges; wherein said friction-inducing substance is a skin-friendly substance that increases the coefficient of friction between at least two opposing surfaces without adhering to the skin of the wearer.