Patent ID: 8716549

Claim:
An absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso, the absorbent article comprising: a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a pair of longitudinal barrier cuffs attached to the chassis, each longitudinal barrier cuff formed of a web of material, the web of material comprising: a first nonwoven component layer comprising fibers having an average diameter in the range of about 8 microns to about 30 microns; and a second nonwoven component layer comprising fibers having a number-average diameter of less than 1 micron, a mass-average diameter of less than 1.5 microns, and a ratio of the mass-average diameter to the number-average diameter less than 2; wherein the web of material has a local basis weight variation less than 10%; wherein each of the longitudinal barrier cuffs comprises: a longitudinal zone of attachment where the longitudinal barrier cuff attaches to the chassis; a longitudinal free edge; and a plurality of mechanical bonds disposed between the longitudinal zone of attachment and the free edge, wherein the plurality of mechanical bonds attach one of: a first portion of the web of material to a second portion of the web of material; and the web of material to a portion of the absorbent article; wherein each of the plurality of mechanical bonds has an area of less than 4 mm 2 .