Absorbent panel structure for a disposable garment

A unitary absorbent panel for a disposable garment, said panel comprising:

• a highly porous loosely compacted fibrous web having a forward section and a rearward section, said rearward section comprises from about 20% to about 70% of the rearward length of said panel, the fibers of said fibrous web being held together by interfiber bonds in the form of fiber-to-fiber frictional contact, a plurality of transversely spaced apart longitudinally elongated loosely compacted areas of reduced thickness and reduced basis weight in said rearward section, said elongated areas being laterally bounded by areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight, said rearward section having a mean basis weight that is from about 30% to about 70% less than the mean basis weight of a forward section Of the panel that is forward of said rearward section,
• wherein said areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight exhibit higher fiber density than said longitudinally elongated areas of reduced thickness and basis weight, and the front 50-80% portion of said panel has from about 1.5 to about 4.0 times more basis weight of fibers than the rear portion of said panel.

A unitary absorbent panel for a disposable garment, said panel comprising:

• a highly porous loosely compacted fibrous web having a forward section and a rearward section, said rearward section comprises from about 20% to about 70% of the rearward length of said panel, the fibers of said fibrous web being held together by interfiber bonds in the form of fiber-to-fiber frictional contact, a plurality of transversely spaced apart longitudinally elongated loosely compacted areas of reduced thickness and reduced basis weight in said rearward section, said elongated areas being laterally bounded by areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight, said rearward section having a mean basis weight that is from about 30% to about 70% less than the mean basis weight of a forward section of the panel that is forward of said rearward section,
• wherein said areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight exhibit higher fiber density than said longitudinally elongated areas of reduced thickness and basis weight,
• and said elongated areas have a thickness and a basis weight that is substantially equal over substantially the entire length thereof.

A unitary absorbent panel for a disposable garment, said panel comprising:

• a highly porous loosely compacted fibrous web having a forward section and a rearward section, said rearward section comprises from about 20% to about 70% of the rearward length of said panel, the fibers of said fibrous web being held together by interfiber bonds in the form of fiber-to-fiber frictional contact, a plurality of transversely spaced apart longitudinally elongated loosely compacted areas of reduced thickness and reduced basis weight in said rearward section, said elongated areas being laterally bounded by areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight, said rearward section having a mean basis weight that is from about 30% to about 70% less than the mean basis weight of a forward section of the panel that is forward of said rearward section,
• said areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight exhibit higher fiber density than said longitudinally elongated areas of reduced thickness and basis weight,
• and said elongated areas have a thickness and a basis weight that decreases as they extend toward the rear edge of said panel.

A unitary absorbent panel for a disposable garment, said panel comprising:

• a highly porous loosely compacted fibrous web having a forward section and a rearward section, said rearward section comprises from about 20% to about 70% of the rearward length of said panel, the fibers of said fibrous web being held together by interfiber bonds in the form of fiber-to-fiber frictional contact, a plurality of transversely spaced apart longitudinally elongated loosely compacted areas of reduced thickness and reduced basis weight in said rearward section, said elongated areas being laterally bounded by areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight, said rearward section having a mean basis weight that is from about 30% to about 70% less than the mean basis weight of a forward section of the panel that is forward of said rearward section, wherein said elongated areas are formed by the addition of fibers onto said fibrous web to build up the areas between said elongated areas.

A unitary absorbent panel for a disposable garment, said panel comprising:

• a highly porous loosely compacted fibrous web having a forward section and a rearward section, said rearward section comprises from about 20% to about 70% of the rearward length of said panel, the fibers of said fibrous web being held together by interfiber bonds in the form of fiber-to-fiber frictional contact, a plurality of transversely spaced apart longitudinally elongated loosely compacted areas of reduced thickness and reduced basis weight in said rearward section, said elongated areas being laterally bounded by areas of increased thickness and increased basis weight, said rearward section having a mean basis weight that is from about 30% to about 70% less than the mean basis weight of a forward section of the panel that is forward of said rearward section, wherein said elongated areas are formed during the pocket forming of the absorbent panel.