Body-conformable absorbent article

An absorbent article comprising:

• a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis;
• a liquid permeable topsheet having a garment-facing surface and an opposing wearer-facing surface;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet having a garment-facing surface and an opposing wearer-facing surface;
• and
• an absorbent structure comprising an open-celled absorbent foam material disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
• wherein the topsheet and the backsheet each comprise plastically stretched zones disposed substantially along a first plurality of lines of deformation extending in a first direction and a second plurality of lines of deformation extending in a second direction;
• wherein the first plurality of lines of deformation form an angle α with respect to the longitudinal axis and the second plurality of lines of deformation form an angle β with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the angle α and the angle β are each from about 5 degrees to about 85 degrees;
• wherein the absorbent structure comprises a plurality of discrete foam pieces arranged along the lines of deformation, wherein the discrete foam pieces are separated from neighboring pieces by a gap of from about 0.3 mm to about 1.2 mm, thereby avoiding mechanical edge-to-edge interference between adjacent discrete foam pieces when the absorbent article is bent in a z-direction;
• wherein from about 15 gsm to about 35 gsm of an adhesive is positioned between a garment-facing surface of the topsheet and a wearer facing surface of the discrete foam pieces and bonds the discrete foam pieces to the topsheet;
• wherein the discrete foam pieces have an average x-y planar size of from about 1.5 mm to about 15 mm.

An absorbent article comprising:

• a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis;
• a liquid permeable topsheet;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet having a basis weight of from about 20 gsm to about 28 gsm;
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• an absorbent structure comprising a high internal phase emulsion foam disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
• wherein the topsheet and the backsheet each comprise plastically stretched zones, wherein a portion of the plastically stretched zones extend continuously and without breaks from a first side of the topsheet to a second side of the topsheet;
• wherein the absorbent structure comprises a plurality of discrete foam pieces arranged in a pattern extending across the entire absorbent structure, wherein the discrete foam pieces are separated from neighboring pieces by a gap of from about 0.3 mm to about 1.2 mm;
• wherein the plastically stretched zones are disposed substantially along a first plurality of lines of deformation and a second plurality of lines of deformation, wherein the first plurality of lines of deformation form an angle α with respect to the longitudinal axis and the second plurality of lines of deformation form an angle β with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the angle α and the angle β are each from about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees;
• and
• wherein from about 15 gsm to about 35 gsm of an adhesive is positioned between a garment-facing surface of the topsheet and a wearer-facing surface of the discrete foam pieces and bonds the discrete foam pieces to the topsheet.