Patent ID: 7812213

Claim:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction, a front portion in the longitudinal direction, and a rear portion in the longitudinal direction, said absorbent article comprising: a liquid-permeable cover sheet, a second cover sheet, and an absorption body comprising at least an absorbent material arranged between the cover sheets, wherein the liquid-permeable cover sheet and an underlying wadding material form a laminate, said laminate including, at least in said rear portion, at least one through-slit extending from a first end positioned at the liquid-permeable cover sheet substantially through both the liquid-permeable cover sheet and the wadding material to a second end, thereby defining an opening for passage of bodily excretions through said slit, wherein said slit is substantially a straight line extending in a transverse direction of the article, and is at least partially surrounded by binding areas which, together with a resilient action of the wadding material, define raised areas above a surface of the liquid-permeable cover sheet at the binding areas, the surface of the liquid-permeable cover sheet facing a skin of a user when said article is in use, and wherein the absorbent material is positioned between the second end of the slit and the second cover sheet.