Usable splice for a stabilized absorbent and method for making the splice

A personal care absorbent article having a spliced absorbent material, the article comprising:

• a fluid permeable body side liner for placement adjacent a wearer;
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• an absorbent core attached to the body side liner for absorbing fluid passing through the liner, said absorbent core including:
• a first portion of absorbent material;
• a second portion of absorbent material;
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• a piece of splicing material directly attached to said first and second portions of absorbent material, said splicing material having a fluid permeability at least about 25% as great as a fluid permeability of said first portion of absorbent material and at least about 25% as great as said second portion of absorbent material.

A process for splicing a first portion of absorbent material to a second portion of absorbent material to form a longer, continuous length of absorbent material suitable for uninterrupted sequential infeed to a processing machine, the process comprising the steps of:

• placing a trailing end of said first portion adjacent a leading end of said second portion;
• aligning said trailing end of said first portion with said leading end of said second portion;
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• attaching a piece of splicing material to said trailing end of the first portion and said leading end of the second portion, said piece of splicing material having a fluid permeability at least about 25% as great as a fluid permeability of said first portion of absorbent material and at least about 25% as great as a fluid permeability of said second portion of absorbent material.