Patent ID: 7431715

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: two waist portions in the form of a front and a rear portion, and between said two waist portions a crotch portion, wherein the absorbent article has a longitudinal direction extending from one of the waist portions to the other of the waist portions, and a transverse direction that extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction; an absorbent core including at least one fluid storage layer, at least one fluid distribution layer overlapping and being in fluid contact with the fluid storage layer, a fluid receiving layer being arranged in at least the crotch area of the article in direct or indirect fluid communication with the fluid distribution layer and the fluid storage layer, said fluid storage layer, said fluid distribution layer and said fluid receiving layer each having longitudinal end edges that extend along the longitudinal direction, and transverse end edges that extend along the transverse direction; and at least one fluid barrier arranged to extend in the transverse direction of the absorbent article; wherein the fluid distribution layer is arranged so as to extend in the crotch portion and in at least a substantial portion of one of the waist portions of the article and is absent in at least a substantial part of the opposite waist portion of the article so as to promote fluid flow from the crotch portion towards said one waist portion, and the fluid barrier is arranged at or in close proximity to one of the transverse end edges of the fluid receiving layer, the one transverse end edge being located in or adjacent the crotch portion of the article, said fluid barrier extending at least a substantial part of the thickness of said fluid receiving layer, and at least one fluid storage layer is disposed in at least a substantial part of the front and rear portions of the article, said fluid receiving layer is disposed in at least a substantial part of the crotch and front portions of the article and is absent in at least a substantial part of the rear portion of the article and the fluid barrier is arranged at or in close proximity to the transverse end edge of the fluid receiving layer facing the rear portion of the article.