Patent ID: 8785715

Claim:
An absorbent article having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between said front and back waist regions, said article comprising: a liquid impervious back sheet; and an absorbent core comprising: at least one absorbent layer of comprising superabsorbent material and a plurality of slits disposed in the at least one absorbent layer, said plurality of slits extending through at least a portion of the at least one absorbent layer, said plurality of slits facilitating greater liquid intake of said at least one absorbent layer as compared to an identical, but non-slitted, layer, and further facilitating improved flexibility of the at least one absorbent layer in a predetermined direction; wherein the absorbent core comprises from about 61% to about 97% by weight of a superabsorbent material, from about 3% to about 39% by weight of non-absorbent nonwoven resilient fibers, and 0% by weight of absorbent hydrophilic fibers, wherein the superabsorbent material comprises particles and the non-absorbent nonwoven resilient fibers form a low-density layer and a high-density layer.