Patent ID: 7771406

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a backsheet; a topsheet connected with the backsheet and having longitudinally opposing first and second waist regions and a crotch region intermediate the first and second waist regions; a void space between the topsheet and the backsheet for receiving bodily exudates; an opening in the topsheet, positioned in at least the crotch region, and providing access to the void space, the opening having longitudinally extending first and second side edges, and wherein first end portions of the first and second side edges of the opening converge toward each other to define a first end point of the opening in the first waist region, and wherein second end portions of the first and second side edges of the opening converge toward each other to define a second end point of the opening in the second waist region; and wherein the topsheet includes first and second laterally opposing elasticated regions disposed adjacent respective first and second side edges of the opening in the crotch region, the first and second elasticated regions being substantially parallel to each other in the crotch region and laterally diverging from each other in the first and second waist regions and wherein the elasticated regions form an X-shape.