Absorbent body in an absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, a panty protector, incontinence guard, diaper and the like

An absorbent body, comprising:

• a first layer which is intended to lie proximal to a wearer in use and which includes a first mixture of fibres, and
• a second layer which includes a second mixture including absorbent fibres,
• said first mixture is 80-95 percent by weight resilient fibres and 5-20 percent by weight heat-actuable binding fibres, said heat-actuable binding fibres being actuable at temperatures at which the resilient fibres are not heat-actuable,
• said second mixture is 45-90 percent by weight absorbent fibres and 5-15 percent by weight, heat-actuable binding fibres,
• the heat-actuable binding fibres have been bonded together by heat treatment and include means for holding the fibres together in said layers such that said layers are thermally bonded together to form a laminate, wherein the layers, without any top or bottom cover sheets, provide a tensile strength of at least 2N/50 mm in a dry state.