ABSORBENT ARTICLE CONTAINING A DENSITY GRADIENT IN AT LEAST TWO DIRECTIONS, AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF

摘要

An absorbent article includes a liquid permeable cover, a baffle material, and an absorbent structure disposed between the cover and baffle material. The absorbent structure includes a retention zone having a varying density gradient in at least two dimensions and a protection zone having a portion with a density less than a minimum density of the density gradient in the retention zone. The retention zone may be defined in a first region of the absorbent structure having a first basis weight and the protection zone may be defined in a second region of the absorbent structure having a second basis weight that is greater than the first basis weight.