Patent ID: 6964803

Claim:
An absorbent article having a central region and two end regions, comprising: a liquid-permeable fluid receiving layer; an absorbent core; and a liquid-impermeable outer cover; wherein at least one of the fluid receiving layer, absorbent core and outer cover includes a flexible absorbent binder bound to a first substrate layer at predetermined elongated locations defining one or more elongated channels therebetween; the flexible absorbent binder being formed on the substrate layer at the predetermined elongated locations by crosslinking an absorbent binder composition on the substrate layer; the absorbent binder composition including a water-soluble ionic polymer capable of sufficient non-radiative crosslinking within about 10 minutes at a temperature not more than about 120° C., to reach an absorbent capacity of at least one gram per gram using the centrifuge retention capacity test.