Patent ID: 8277432

Claim:
An absorbent article, comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core located therebetween, said absorbent article extending in length, width and thickness directions, wherein the fluid-permeable topsheet and fluid-impermeable backsheet extend beyond the absorbent core in at least the width direction and are joined to one another in an area outside the absorbent core to form an edge-seam, said absorbent article further comprising two elastic members, each elastic member having a major extension in the length direction of the article and a minor extension in the width direction of the article, wherein each elastic member extends along one longitudinal edge of the absorbent core such that—along a major portion of the extension of the elastic members in the length direction—each of said elastic members overlies both a portion of the absorbent core and a portion of the edge-seam in the width direction, and the absorbent core comprises at least two fold indications, extending in the length direction and located on either side of the core in the width direction, wherein each elastic member overlaps one of said at least two fold indications such that one fold indication is at least partially within the boundaries of the one of the elastic members.