Patent ID: 7785690

Claim:
A sanitary napkin comprising: a. a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core, said topsheet having a machine direction and a cross machine direction defining a MD-CD plane, said topsheet comprising a fibrous nonwoven web and a plurality of discrete tufts of fibrous material extending from said fibrous nonwoven web, wherein each said tuft has a linear orientation defining a longitudinal axis in said MD-CD plane, wherein each of said tufts comprise a plurality of looped fibers that collectively define a tunnel-shaped tuft comprising opposing longitudinal open ends, wherein said absorbent core is between said fibrous nonwoven web and said backsheet, wherein said looped fibers comprise a base and a distal portion, and wherein at least some of said looped fibers have a reduction in fiber cross-sectional dimension at a location intermediate said base and said distal portion, b. wherein said topsheet has a density of less than 0.027 under a load of 0.004 psi, and a density of less than 0.068 g/cc at a load of 0.23 psi.