Disposable absorbent article with profiled absorbent core

A disposable absorbent article comprising:

• an absorbent core, the absorbent core including an absorbent core element and elastic elements attached to the absorbent core element, the elastic elements extending generally laterally between side margins of the absorbent core element and spaced apart;
• wherein the absorbent core further comprises a second absorbent core element, and wherein the elastic elements are disposed between and attached to said absorbent core element and the second absorbent core element;
• wherein said absorbent core elements are bonded to the elastic elements at spaced-apart bonding locations along a lateral extent of the elastic elements, wherein the bonding locations are formed by longitudinally extending bonding strips that extend across the laterally extending elastic elements;
• wherein, between said spaced-apart bonding locations along said lateral extent of the elastic elements, said absorbent core elements are un-bonded;
• and
• wherein said absorbent core is laterally contracted in a narrowed region about the elastic elements, and wherein the absorbent core has a shape that includes a pair of end regions that are non-elasticized and have a lateral width wider than a lateral width of the narrowed region.