Patent ID: 7361167

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis comprising: a front end edge and a back end edge which are complementary in shape and are formed by a non-linear notch cut; said front end edge having at least three tangential points (a 1 , a 2 , b), wherein b is longitudinally inboard of a 1 and a 2 ; said front end edge having at least two edge points (c 1 , c 2 ), wherein: (i) c 1 and c 2 are longitudinally inboard of a 1 and a 2 , and (ii) c 1 and c 2 are longitudinally equal or outboard of b; said front end edge having a contour segment from said point a 1 to said point c 1 which is a mirror image of a contour segment from said point a 1 to said point b; said front end edge having a path length measured along said contour segment from point a 1 to point c 1 which is less than or equal to the path length measured along said contour segment from point a 1 to point b; said back end edge having at least three tangential points (x 1 , z 2 , y), wherein y is longitudinally outboard of x 1 and x 2 ; said back end edge having at least two edge points (z 1 , z 2 ), wherein: (i) z 1 and z 2 are longitudinally outboard of x 1 and x 2 , and (ii) z 1 and z 2 are longitudinally equal or inboard of y; said back end edge has a contour segment from said point x 1 , to said point z 1 which is a mirror image of a contour segment from said point x 1 to said point y; said back end edge has a path length measured along said contour segment from point x 1 to point z 1 which is less than or equal to the path length measured along said contour segment from point x 1 to point y; said absorbent article being longitudinally folded about a first fold line, said first fold line may be drawn between points x 1 and x 2 , said absorbent article being longitudinally folded about a second fold line, said second fold line may be drawn between points a 1 and x 1 ; wherein the front end edge is configured to fit a naval of a wearer of the absorbent article.