Patent ID: 7297835

Claim:
An absorbent article defining a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, an article first side edge and an article second side edge opposite said article first side edge and a pair of end edges, said absorbent article comprising: a liquid impermeable outercover; an absorbent body disposed on said outercover; and a temperature change member disposed with said absorbent body, said temperature change member comprising temperature change material disposed with said temperature change member, wherein the temperature change member defines a first temperature change member region and a second temperature change member region disposed in a lateral direction from the first temperature change member region, each temperature change member region including a nonzero amount of temperature change material, wherein the first temperature change member region comprises a greater amount of temperature change material by weight than the second temperature change member region, and wherein said temperature change member provides said article with a temperature change of at least 5 degrees C., as determined by the temperature change test described herein.