An absorbent article includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, and an absorber provided between the two sheets, the absorbent article having a predetermined length in a front-to-rear direction, and a predetermined width in a width direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, wherein the absorber is provided with a groove or a slit extending in the front-to-rear direction, the absorber includes a first absorber layer on the side closer to the top sheet, and a second absorber layer on the side closer to the back sheet, and the first absorber layer includes a high-stiffness part extending outward in the width direction from an edge portion of the groove or slit, and a stiffness of the high-stiffness part is higher than a stiffness of the second absorber layer.

An absorbent article includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, and an absorber provided between the two sheets, the absorbent article having a predetermined length in a front-to-rear direction, and a predetermined width in a width direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, wherein the absorber is provided with a groove or a slit extending in the front-to-rear direction, the absorber includes a first absorber layer on the side closer to the top sheet, and a second absorber layer on the side closer to the back sheet, and the first absorber layer includes a high-stiffness part extending outward in the width direction from an edge portion of the groove or slit, and a stiffness of the high-stiffness part is higher than a stiffness of the second absorber layer.

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature joined to the chassis a waist region and having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in said waist region. The backsheet has a barrier layer having a maximum length, L.sub.BS. The absorbent core has absorbent material and a maximum length, L.sub.CW, and wherein L.sub.CW is substantially the same as L.sub.BS. The absorbent material is disposed in an absorbent material deposition area. The absorbent material deposition area has a maximum length, L.sub.AB, wherein L.sub.AB is about 90% or greater of L.sub.BS. The first absorbent area lateral edge is disposed a longitudinal distance, D1, from the first barrier lateral edge, wherein D1 is 5% or less of L.sub.BS.

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature joined to the chassis a waist region and having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in said waist region. The backsheet has a barrier layer having a maximum length, L.sub.BS. The absorbent core has absorbent material and a maximum length, L.sub.CW, and wherein L.sub.CW is substantially the same as L.sub.BS. The absorbent material is disposed in an absorbent material deposition area. The absorbent material deposition area has a maximum length, L.sub.AB, wherein L.sub.AB is about 90% or greater of L.sub.BS. The first absorbent area lateral edge is disposed a longitudinal distance, D1, from the first barrier lateral edge, wherein D1 is 5% or less of L.sub.BS.

A composite web includes a mass of meltblown fibres including an elastomer and a hydrophilic additive, melted and blown together, and a particulate material dispersed among the fibres and at least partly adherent thereto.

A composite web includes a mass of meltblown fibres including an elastomer and a hydrophilic additive, melted and blown together, and a particulate material dispersed among the fibres and at least partly adherent thereto.

A skin-friendly absorbent structure providing oxygen, comprising a absorbing layer and skin-friendly and oxygen-providing units, the skin-friendly and oxygen-providing unit being evenly dispersed in partial or entire scope of the absorbing layer wherein the skin-friendly and oxygen-providing unit comprises oxygen providing units and pH regulating units; and the pH of the skin-friendly absorbent structure is between 4 and 7 after absorbing liquids.

A skin-friendly absorbent structure providing oxygen, comprising a absorbing layer and skin-friendly and oxygen-providing units, the skin-friendly and oxygen-providing unit being evenly dispersed in partial or entire scope of the absorbing layer wherein the skin-friendly and oxygen-providing unit comprises oxygen providing units and pH regulating units; and the pH of the skin-friendly absorbent structure is between 4 and 7 after absorbing liquids.

In an absorbent product, an absorbent core includes an upper absorber including a super absorbent material fixedly attached between upper and lower absorber sheets. The upper absorber includes material existence regions that are arranged in the width direction and to which the super absorbent material is fixedly attached, and a material non-existence region in which the super absorbent material does not exist is arranged between each pair of adjacent material existence regions. In each material non-existence region, the upper and lower absorber sheets are entirely joined together. In at least one material non-existence region, the top sheet and the upper absorber sheet are partly joined together. The load applied when the nonwoven fabric of the top sheet is stretched 3% in the width direction is twice or more of the load applied when the nonwoven fabric of the upper absorber sheet is stretched 3% in the width direction.

An absorbent structure comprising a planar substrate, an auxiliary glue applied on the substrate, an absorbent material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight of superabsorbent particles deposited on the substrate on an absorbent material deposition area comprising a pattern of absorbent material land areas separated by absorbent material-free junction areas, wherein the deposition area can be notionally divided in eight deposition zones of equal length along the longitudinal direction. A fibrous thermoplastic adhesive layer immobilizes at least some of the absorbent material. The absorbent material is profiled along the longitudinal direction so that at least one of the eight deposition zones is a zone of lower absorbent material amount and the auxiliary glue is absent, or present at a level of at least 50% by weight lower than the average amount of auxiliary glue in at least one of these zones of lower absorbent material amount.