Patent ID: 7857799

Claim:
A feminine hygiene device comprising: an absorbent core comprising absorbent material and having a core longitudinal axis, said absorbent core having a first compressibility in an unaltered state, wherein at least a portion of said absorbent core that is generally aligned with said core longitudinal axis has a second compressibility in an altered state, wherein said second compressibility is greater than said first compressibility, wherein said portion of said absorbent core having said second compressibility is a part of said absorbent core from which absorbent material has not been completely removed; and an elastic member, said elastic member spanning at least a portion of said absorbent core having said second compressibility, said elastic member operatively related to said absorbent core, said elastic member generally aligned with said core longitudinal axis, wherein said feminine hygiene device has a middle area having a W-shaped cross section and a rear area having an inverted V-shaped cross section.