Patent ID: 7828783

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis comprising: a front end edge and a back end edge which, define an entire longitudinal dimension of the article, are complementary in shape, and are formed by a non-linear notch cut; said front end edge having at least three tangential points (a 1 , a 2 , b), wherein b is longitudinally inboard of a 1 and a 2 ; said front end edge having at least two edge points (c 1 , c 2 ), wherein: (i) c 1 and c 2 are longitudinally inboard of a 1 and a 2 , and (ii) c 1 and c 2 are longitudinally equal or outboard of b; said back end edge having at least three tangential points (x 1 , x 2 , y), wherein y is longitudinally outboard of x 1 and x 2 ; said back end edge having at least two edge points (z 1 , z 2 ), wherein: (i) z 1 and z 2 are longitudinally outboard of x 1 and x 2 , and (ii) z 1 and z 2 are longitudinally equal or inboard of y; said back end edge has a contour segment from said point x 1 to said point z 1 which is a mirror image of a contour segment from said point x 1 to said point y.