Patent ID: 7608748

Claim:
A disposable sanitary product, a diaper, an incontinence pad, a sanitary towel, or a panty liner for absorbing body liquids, the product comprising: a top sheet at least sections of which are permeable to liquid; a bottom sheet at least sections of which are impermeable to liquid; and an absorbent body disposed between said top sheet and said bottom sheet, said absorbent body comprising a storage layer for permanently storing body liquids, the storage layer having 5 to 30 weight % of hydrophilic melt-blown microfibers and 70 to 95 weight % of particulate superabsorbing material, wherein a mass per unit area of said melt-blown microfibers is 6 to 25 g/m 2 , said melt-blown microfibers being connected to each other by a plurality of melt connections to ensure stability in a wet state in such a manner that said melt-blown microfibers form a dense, three-dimensional network which surrounds and immobilizes said particulate superabsorbing material, wherein substantially no melt connections are provided between said melt-blown microfibers and said particulate superabsorbing material, said storage layer having a strength in a wet state, measured in a machine direction, of at least 40% of a strength thereof in a dry state.