Patent ID: 8777913

Claim:
An absorbent product comprising: a backsheet having a first lateral end edge, a second lateral end edge, a first longitudinal side edge, and a second longitudinal side edge, wherein the first lateral end edge intersects the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge, wherein the second lateral end edge intersects the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge; a first longitudinal line of weakness laterally inboard of the first longitudinal side edge; a second longitudinal line of weakness laterally inboard of the second longitudinal side edge, wherein the second longitudinal line of weakness is between the first longitudinal line of weakness and the second longitudinal side edge, and wherein the first longitudinal line of weakness is between the second longitudinal line of weakness and the first longitudinal side edge; a first lateral line of weakness longitudinally inboard of the first lateral end edge; a second lateral line of weakness longitudinally inboard of the second lateral end edge; a topsheet connected with the backsheet; an absorbent article comprising an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet, the absorbent article having an outer perimeter defined by the first and second longitudinal lines of weakness and the first and second lateral lines of weakness; and a removable trim region defined by an area of the backsheet between the outer perimeter of the absorbent article and the first and second longitudinal side edges and the first and second lateral end edges; wherein the absorbent article is folded along a lateral axis, wherein a first portion of the first longitudinal side edge is connected with a second portion of the first longitudinal side edge, and wherein a first portion of the second longitudinal side edge is connected with a second portion of the second longitudinal side edge, and wherein the second lateral line of weakness is between the lateral axis and the second lateral end edge, and wherein the first lateral line of weakness is between the lateral axis and the first lateral end edge; and a seal in the removable trim region, wherein the seal defines a direct connection between the first lateral end edge and the second lateral end edge, wherein the direct connection extends along lengths of the first lateral end edge and the second lateral end edge from proximate the first longitudinal side edge to proximate the second longitudinal side edge.