Patent ID: 8771250

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core disposed therebetween; and a pair of leakage protection wails, said leakage protection walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article and affixed to a side facing away from the user of either the backsheet or a layer further than the backsheet from the user of the article, both leakage protection walls having a distal edge region and a proximal edge region, the distal edge region and the proximal edge region extending over an entire longitudinal extension of the absorbent core, both leakage protection walls including a standing portion arranged in a center area of the longitudinal extension, and first and second end portion arranged at respective ends of the longitudinal extension, the distal edge region having an elastic member, wherein the proximal edge region of the standing portion is secured to the side facing away from the user of either the backsheet or the layer further than the backsheet from the user, the first and the second end portions of said protection walls being folded and bonded to the side of the absorbent article facing away from the user, such that the distal edge region is arranged at the side facing away from the user in an area of the first and second end portions, wherein the distal edge region of the standing portion is arranged at the side of the absorbent article facing towards the user and extends towards the user causing portions of the first and second end regions of the article, to curve towards the user.