ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING NONWOVEN LATERAL ZONES

摘要

A disposable hygiene article (10) for collecting bodily fluid comprising a body- facing surface (26), a garment facing-surface (28) and an absorbent structure (15). The article comprises in a first aspect i) a central fluid acquisition zone (121 ) which may be substantially white, ii) a first visual ly discernible lateral zone (161 ) situated on one side of the central zone and iii) a second visually discernible lateral zone (181 ) situated on the opposite side of the central zone, wherein the first and second lateral zone s (161 , 181 ) are formed by a nonwoven material (16, 18) comprising a coloure d pigment. In a second aspect, the absorbent structure is a gradient core and the lateral zones are hydrophobic.