Patent ID: 7918837

Claim:
A body-attachable sanitary napkin, comprising: an extensible barrier layer having a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having a body-attachable adhesive arranged thereon; and a fluid-retaining assembly arranged in overlapping relationship to said first portion of said barrier layer thereby defining an area of juxtaposition between said fluid-retaining assembly and said barrier layer, wherein said fluid-retaining assembly is secured to said barrier layer along a selected portion of said area of juxtaposition; and wherein a total area of the fluid retaining assembly is about 10% to about 90% of a total area of the extensible barrier layer; wherein the selected portion of the area of juxtaposition has an area fraction that is from about 30% to about 70% of the area of juxtaposition; and said sanitary napkin satisfies the following: G/tE> 0.1 and tGE< 2×10 5 N 2 /m 2 .