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Sue Uner

Frank Steven Glaug

Joshua Carney

Hans Een

Jan Wästlund-Karlsson

Ulrika Carlson

A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal dimension and a width dimension. The absorbent product has a backsheet, a topsheet overlaying the backsheet, and an absorbent core that is disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet for absorbing and retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product. The absorbent product also has a first multidirectional stretch material layer, adjacent the backsheet, that defines a first contoured leg opening of the absorbent product adapted to fit around a first leg of the wearer of the absorbent product.

Disposable absorbent product with elastic leg opening regions and related methods

A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal dimension and a width dimension. The absorbent product has a backsheet, a topsheet overlaying the backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet for absorbing and retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product. The absorbent core includes a pair of arm portions and a pair of leg portions, with the arm and leg portions protruding laterally and longitudinally from a central portion of the absorbent core.

Absorbent core and disposable absorbent product with such absorbent core

An absorbent article includes a front region (), a back region () and a crotch region () there between. The article further includes substantially longitudinally extending inner () and outer () leak barriers alongside each side of the absorbent core (). The inner and outer leak barriers are spaced from each other in the transverse direction (x) of the article. The inner leak barriers () extend at least along the part of the crotch region () having the narrowest width (w) in the transverse direction (x), and along a length (b) of at least 5 cm, and the outer leak barriers () extend along at least a part of the front region () and/or back region () of the article, while at least a part of the crotch region () along which said inner leak barriers () extend is free from raised outer leak barriers ().

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