Patent ID: 6861571

Claim:
A disposable article comprising: A) a liquid impervious backsheet; B) a liquid pervious, hydrophilic topsheet joined to said backsheet, said topsheet having an inner surface oriented toward an interior of said article and an outer surface oriented toward the skin of a wearer when said article is being worn, wherein at least a portion of said topsheet outer surface comprises an effective amount to reduce adherence of bowel movements to the skin of the wearer of a lotion coating which is semi-solid or solid at 20° C. and which is partially transferable to the wearers skin, and C) an absorbent core position between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein the lotion coating is applied to the liquid pervious topsheet in a pattern having a plurality of elements, each having a predetermined size such that macroscopic regions of the topsheet are untreated and the topsheet has a percent open area of from about 5% to about 99%.