Disposable hygiene article with improved fit

A disposable hygiene article comprising a transverse direction (x), a longitudinal direction (y) and a longitudinal centre line (A) dividing the article into left-hand and right-hand portions (I) and (II), whereby said article has a front portion, a crotch portion and a rear portion, and said article comprises a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and backsheet, wherein an outer contour of the absorbent core is defined by mutually symmetrical mirror-imaged portions arranged symmetrically about the centerline (A), and defined by first and second core edge lines, and the core is delimited by a core front edge in the front portion and a core rear edge in the rear portion, whereby said absorbent core comprises a first region extending in the longitudinal direction (y) of the article from a first region front edge in the front portion over the crotch portion to the rear portion, and wherein the outer contour of the first region is defined by mirror-imaged first and second first region edge lines, and whereby said first region comprises a head part and two leg portions extending symmetrically about the centre line (A) and in a longitudinal direction (y) of the article, starting and diverging from a common leg portion start point (a0) in the crotch portion and extending over a portion of the crotch portion towards separate leg portion endings in the rear portion, whereby a distance (ax) between facing sides of the respective leg portions in the transverse direction (x) varies in the longitudinal direction (y), whereby a maximum distance (a1) between the facing sides of the respective leg portions in the transverse direction (x) is in the crotch portion, located at a position in the longitudinal direction (y) corresponding to a position of a crotch point, whereby said facing sides of the respective leg portions converge backwards in the longitudinal direction (y) such that said distance (ax) is reduced from said maximum distance (a1) to a minimum distance (a2), whereby said absorbent core further comprises a second region at least partially surrounded by said first region and extending between said leg portions in the transverse direction (x) and in the length direction (y) from the leg portion start point (a0) in the crotch portion to an endpoint (a1) in the rear portion, and wherein:

• the second region has an average density which is at least 20% lower than the average density of the first region,
• the absorbent core comprises a first left rear compression line (L1) and a first right rear compression line (R1), wherein the first left and right rear compression lines mutually diverge and curve away from the longitudinal centre line in a forward direction, the first and second compression lines (L1, R1) being mutually symmetric about the longitudinal centerline,
• wherein the first left rear compression line (L1) comprises a curve extending from a front endpoint (PFL1) located at or adjacent to a transversally outer left edge of the first leg portion to a rear endpoint (PRR1) located at or adjacent to an inner right edge of the first leg portion,
• wherein the first right rear compression line (R1) comprises a curve extending from a front endpoint (PFR1) located at or adjacent to a transversally outer right edge of the second leg portion to a rear endpoint (PRR1) located at or adjacent to an inner left edge of the second leg portion,
• wherein a distance G3 is defined in the transverse direction (x) between opposing mirror image-points on the first pair of rear compression lines (L1, R1), and wherein the distance G3 increases in a forward direction from a minimum distance G3min between the rear endpoints of the first pair compression lines (L1, R1) to a maximum distance G3max between the front endpoints of the first pair of compression lines (L1, R1),
• and wherein the distance (G3min) is a minimum distance between the left and right compression lines (L1, R1).