Patent ID: 7572250

Claim:
An absorbent product having a longitudinal direction extending from a front portion to a rear portion, and a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the absorbent product comprising: a fluid impermeable backing sheet facing away from a wearer at use, an absorbent core positioned between the wearer and the backing sheet, which absorbent core has an upper side, facing the wearer at use, a bottom side, facing away from the wearer at use, two longitudinally running sides extending along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core, and two laterally running sides extending along lateral edges of the absorbent core, two longitudinally running barrier flaps at the longitudinally running sides of the absorbent core, the longitudinally running barrier flaps are directly connected to the backing sheet at the longitudinally running sides of the absorbent core, and a fluid permeable top sheet, wherein: the top sheet covers the upper side of the absorbent core, the top sheet, in addition to the upper side of the absorbent core, also covers at least the longitudinally running sides of the absorbent core and a part of the bottom side of the absorbent core, the top sheet extending between the part of the bottom side of the absorbent core and the backing sheet, the top sheet has at least one connection to the backing sheet at the part of the bottom side of the absorbent core, the top sheet is attached to the backing sheet only at the lateral running sides of the absorbent core, the top sheet adapted to contact the wearer during use of the absorbent product, and the connection between the top sheet and the backing sheet is made up of at least one glued joint, at least one weld joint or at least one hook-and-loop connection.