Absorbent article with stabilized absorbent structure

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liner adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body;
• an outer cover in generally opposed relationship with the liner;
• and
• an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover and comprising a non-woven absorbent structure comprising absorbent fibers and binder fibers activated to form inter-fiber bonds within the absorbent structure, the absorbent structure having an outer surface and a core, said absorbent structure having less than about five times more oxidation at its outer surface than at its core.

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liner adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body;
• an outer cover in generally opposed relationship with the liner;
• and
• an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover, the absorbent body comprising a non-woven absorbent structure comprising absorbent fibers and binder fibers activated to form inter-fiber bonds within the absorbent structure, the binder fibers having an energy receptive additive in the range of about 2 to about 40 weight percent and having a dielectric loss factor of at least about 0.5.

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liner adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body;
• an outer cover in generally opposed relationship with the liner;
• and
• an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover, the absorbent body comprising a non-woven absorbent structure of unitary construction and comprising absorbent fibers and binder fibers activated to form inter-fiber bonds within the absorbent structure, the absorbent structure having a length, a width, a thickness, a permeability throughout the absorbent structure of greater than about 20 square microns, and a density which is non-uniform along at least one of the length, the width and the thickness of the absorbent structure.

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liner adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body;
• an outer cover in generally opposed relationship with the liner;
• and
• an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover, the absorbent body comprising a non-woven absorbent structure of unitary construction and comprising absorbent fibers and binder fibers activated to form inter-fiber bonds within the absorbent structure, the absorbent structure having a length, a width, a thickness, a permeability throughout the absorbent structure of greater than about 20 square microns, the concentration of binder fibers within the absorbent structure being non-uniform along at least one of the length, the width and the thickness of the absorbent structure.