Patent ID: 8029487

Claim:
An absorbent article, whereby said article has a transverse direction, a longitudinal direction and a longitudinal centre line, whereby said article further has a front portion, a crotch portion and a rear portion, whereby said article comprises an absorbent core of unitary construction, whereby said absorbent core is delimited by a circumferential edge, whereby said absorbent core comprises a first region extending in the longitudinal direction of the article from a position in the front portion, through the crotch portion and at least some way into the rear portion, whereby said first region comprises two legs extending in the longitudinal direction of the article through at least parts of the crotch portion towards separate leg endings in the rear portion, whereby said legs are arranged symmetrically about said longitudinal centre line, whereby a distance between facing sides of the respective legs in the transverse direction varies in the longitudinal direction, whereby a maximum distance between the facing sides of the respective legs in the transverse direction is, in the crotch portion, located at a position in the longitudinal direction corresponding to a position of a crotch point, whereby said facing sides of the respective legs converge backwards in the longitudinal direction such that said distance is reduced from said maximum distance to a minimum distance in the rear portion, whereby said absorbent core further comprises a second region surrounding said first region and extending between said first region and said circumferential edge, and whereby the average density of said absorbent core in said second region is lower than the average density of said absorbent core in said first region.