Claims
- 1. An absorbent article comprising a main body portion having longitudinal sides and transverse ends, a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, said article comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet on said body-facing surface;
- a liquid impervious backsheet on said garment-facing surface joined to said to said topsheet;
- an absorbent core positioned between said liquid pervious topsheet and said liquid impervious backsheet, said absorbent core having a central portion located
- inward of said transverse ends and a center said raised center having a pair of transverse end portions;
- said absorbent core further comprising at least one bending axis located longitudinally outboard of the transverse end portions of the raised center, at least a portion of said absorbent core comprising a material arranged in a structure that is resistant to wet collapse; and
- a pair of flaps joined to said main body portion and extending outward along each longitudinal side thereof;
- wherein said absorbent article preferentially bends at said bending axis.
- 2. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein there are two bending axes located longitudinally outboard of the transverse end portions of the raised center.
- 3. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said portion of said absorbent core that is resilient when wet is more resilient than other portions of said absorbent core.
- 4. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said absorbent core at least partially comprises peat moss.
- 5. An absorbent article having longitudinal sides and transverse ends, a body-facing surface, and a garment-facing surface, said absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet on said body-facing surface;
- an absorbent core adjacent said liquid pervious topsheet, said absorbent core having a central portion located inward of said transverse ends and a raised center comprising a material arranged in a structure that is resistant to wet collapse, said raised center having a pair of transverse end portions;
- said absorbent core further comprising at least one transversely oriented bending axis located longitudinally outboard of the transverse end portions of the raised center; and
- a liquid impervious backsheet on said garment-facing surface joined to said topsheet;
- wherein said absorbent article preferentially bends at said bending axis.
- 6. The absorbent article of claim 5 wherein the absorbent core contains a transfer layer and a reservoir layer.
- 7. The absorbent article of claim 5 wherein said absorbent core at least partially comprises peat moss.
- 8. The absorbent article of claim 5 wherein there are two bending axes located longitudinally outboard of the transverse end portions of the raised center.
- 9. The absorbent article of claim 8 wherein the central portion of the absorbent core has a structural zone which is located between the bending axes.
- 10. The absorbent article of claim 8 wherein the absorbent article further contains flaps.
- 11. The absorbent article of claim 10 wherein the flaps are affixed to the absorbent article at positions between each bending axis.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/238,191, filed on May 4, 1994, now abandoned which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/915,202, filed Jul. 23, 1992, now abandoned.
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