Patent ID: 7927322

Claim:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, a longitudinal length, a first portion and a second portion wherein the second portion is continuous and is no greater than 50% of the longitudinal length and the first portion is continuous and is the remainder of the longitudinal length, the absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet having a first major surface which is adapted to form a body-facing surface; a liquid impermeable backsheet having a second major surface which is adapted to form a garment-facing surface; an absorbent core positioned between the backsheet and the topsheet; a body adhesive applied to the topsheet in the second portion of the absorbent article; and a garment attachment device being applied to or attached to the second major surface and being present in only the first portion of the absorbent article; wherein the topsheet is substantially free of any body adhesive in the first portion of the absorbent article.