Absorbent article

A method of folding an absorbent article, the article comprising a fluid permeable topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core comprising an upper core layer and one or more underlying core layers located between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the upper core layer being located between the topsheet and the one or more underlying core layers, the topsheet and the backsheet extending together laterally outside the absorbent core, the absorbent core in its longitudinal direction having a front portion, a rear portion and an intermediate portion located between the front portion and the rear portion, a transversal width of a transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core being narrower than the transversal width of the rest of the core, the upper core layer extending within the front, intermediate and rear portions of the absorbent core, and at least one of the one or more underlying core layers is shorter than the upper core layer and extends within the intermediate portion and at least a part of the front portion of the absorbent core, the method comprising:

• a) folding a first end portion of the article about a first transversal fold line onto a central area of the article, the first fold line coinciding with or being adjacent the narrow transversal transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core, and,
• b) folding a second end portion of the article about a second transversal fold line onto the first folded end portion, the second fold line being at or adjacent a rear transversal edge of the at least one underlying core layer being shorter than the upper core layer.

A method of folding an absorbent article, the article comprising a fluid permeable topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core comprising an upper core layer and one or more underlying core layers located between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the upper core layer being located between the topsheet and the one or more underlying core layers, the topsheet and the backsheet extending together laterally outside the absorbent core, the absorbent core in its longitudinal direction having a front portion, a rear portion and an intermediate portion located between the front portion and the rear portion, a transversal width of a transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core being narrower than the transversal width of the rest of the core, the upper core layer extending within the front, intermediate and rear portions of the absorbent core, and at least one of the one or more underlying core layers being shorter than the upper core layer and extends within the intermediate portion and at least a part of the front portion of the absorbent core, the method comprising:

• a) folding a second end portion of the article about a second transversal fold line onto a central area of the article, and
• b) folding a first end portion of the article about a first transversal fold line onto the second folded end portion, the first fold line coinciding with or being adjacent the narrow transversal transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core,
• wherein, the second fold line is at or adjacent a rear transversal edge of the at least one of the one or more underlying core layers being shorter than the upper core layer.