Patent ID: 8753324

Claim:
An absorbent article for attachment to a wearer's skin in the vulva region of the wearer's torso, said article comprising: a shell comprising a first side and a second side, a first region having a pair of lateral side regions extending from the first region, said pair of lateral side regions each comprise a proximate end adjacent the first region and a distal end, and said pair of lateral side regions and the first region define an opening in the shell wherein the distal ends of each side region are not connected to one another through the shell and the opening is open near the distal ends of the side regions; and an absorbent structure attached to the second side of the shell such that at least a portion of the absorbent structure is positioned in the opening in the shell and a majority of the opening of the shell has the absorbent structure positioned therein; wherein when applied to the wearer the first side of the shell contacts to the wearer's skin surrounding vulva region and the shell is sized and shaped such that the first side of the shell only contacts the skin of the wearer proximate to the vulva region of the wearer.