Patent ID: 7993317

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet and an absorbent core in facing relationship with said topsheet, said topsheet having a longitudinal centerline and transverse centerline, wherein said topsheet comprises a film defining a body-facing surface and a nonwoven disposed below said film, and wherein said topsheet comprises a central region, an inner intermediate region, an outer intermediate region, and an edge region, wherein said inner intermediate region is between said central region and said outer intermediate region, wherein said outer intermediate region is between said inner intermediate region and said edge region; wherein said central region comprises a plurality of apertures in said film and a portion of said nonwoven exists below each of said plurality of apertures; wherein at least one of said inner intermediate region, said outer intermediate region, and said edge region comprise a plurality of ruptures in said film that are separate and distinct from said plurality of apertures, and a tuft of fibers extending from said nonwoven and through each of said plurality of ruptures; wherein said central region has a central region body facing surface having a central region texture, said inner intermediate region has an inner intermediate region body facing surface having an inner intermediate region texture, said outer intermediate region has an outer intermediate region body facing surface having an outer intermediate region texture, wherein said edge region has an edge region body facing surface having an edge region texture; and wherein the texture of said central region is different than that of at least one of said inner intermediate region, said outer intermediate region, and said edge region.