Patent ID: 7982091

Claim:
An absorptive article comprising an absorber sandwiched between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a back sheet, wherein said absorber includes a pair of left and right embosses formed individually and extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of said absorptive article, the absorber having an area between the pair of left and right embosses including a first area of a first thickness and at least one second area of a second thickness thicker than said first thickness, said at least one second area located in a widthwise central portion of the absorbent article; wherein said pair of left and right embosses define a first bulging emboss portion, the left emboss having a first bulge with a center of curvature to the article's center side of the left emboss, the right emboss having a first bulge with a center of curvature to the article's center side of the right emboss, the first bulging emboss portion defining an area of enlarged emboss spacing width; wherein said pair of left and right embosses further define a second bulging emboss portion, the left emboss having a second bulge with a center of curvature to the article's center side of the left emboss, the right emboss having a second bulge with a center of curvature to the article's center side of the right emboss, the second bulging emboss portion defining an area of enlarged emboss pair spacing width, the second bulging emboss portion defined to continue to rearward of said first bulging emboss portion through an intermediate arcuate emboss, the intermediate arcuate emboss including a left side portion having a center of curvature to the article's outward side of the left emboss and a right side portion having a center of curvature to the article's outward side of the right emboss; and wherein said pair of left and right embosses further define a reduced shape emboss longitudinally frontal to the first bulging emboss portion in an area with reduced spacing width between the left and right embosses, the reduced shape emboss portion including a left side portion formed by a portion of the left emboss and having a center of curvature to the article's outward side of the left emboss and a right side portion formed by a portion of the right emboss and having a center of curvature to the article's outward side of the right emboss.