Patent ID: 8030535

Claim:
A sanitary napkin having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal orientation and longitudinally-oriented side edges, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, a thickness measured orthogonal to a plane defined by said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, said sanitary napkin comprising: a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said facing layer and said backsheet; said facing layer comprising a first region comprising a plurality of apertures and a second region comprising a plurality of out-of-plane deformations, wherein each out-of-plane deformation has a longitudinal length less than a longitudinal length of the sanitary napkin, and no out-of-plane deformation has a longitudinal length equal to the longitudinal length of the sanitary napkin; said facing layer being comprised of a fibrous nonwoven web; said first region and said second region of said facing layer being disposed in the same said fibrous nonwoven web.