Absorbent article fastener pattern

A disposable absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, or adult incontinence article for wearing in a crotch region of a wearer's undergarment, said absorbent article having a length, a width, a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, an intersection of said longitudinal and transverse centerlines, two longitudinal side edges, two transverse end edges, four corner regions, a first end region, a second end region, and a central region disposed between said end regions, wherein the length of said absorbent article as measured along the longitudinal centerline is greater than the width of said absorbent article and, said absorbent article comprises:

• a liquid pervious body surface, a liquid impervious garment surface, an absorbent core positioned between said body surface and said garment surface;
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• a fastener on the garment surface for fastening said absorbent article to the crotch region of a wearer's undergarment, said fastener comprising at least two zones of fastener material, wherein said zones of fastener material are arranged generally in an overall configuration that resembles a modified letter "X", said modified letter "X" having four legs and being without any fastener material in a portion of the configuration that would form a center of a letter X, and the legs of the modified letter "X" located in the end regions of the absorbent article, said central region of said absorbent article being capable of separating from a wearer's undergarment when said absorbent article is worn.

A curved sanitary napkin for wearing in a crotch region of a pair of panties, said sanitary napkin having a body surface and a garment surface, a length, a width, a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, a central region disposed between two end regions, said end regions extending outward along said longitudinal centerline from said central region about 1/8 to about 1/3 of the length of the sanitary napkin, said sanitary napkin comprising:

• a liquid pervious topsheet;
• a curved liquid impervious backsheet joined to said topsheet at least along said longitudinal edges by a longitudinal edge seal;
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• an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet,
• wherein said sanitary napkin has a longitudinally-oriented medial hump only in said central region on said body surface;
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• an adhesive fastener on the garment surface of said sanitary napkin for fastening said sanitary napkin to the crotch region of said panties, said adhesive fastener comprising four zones of adhesive disposed only in said end regions and being arranged in a configuration of a letter "X" without adhesive in the center of the letter X, said central region of said absorbent article being capable of separating from a wearer's undergarment when said absorbent article is worn.

An absorbent article for wearing in a crotch region of a wearer's undergarment, said absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, an intersection of said longitudinal and transverse centerlines, two longitudinal side edges, two transverse end edges, four corner regions, a first end region, a second end region, and a central region disposed between said end regions, said end regions each extending outward along said longitudinal centerline from said central region about 1/8 to about 1/3 of the length of the absorbent article, said absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid pervious body surface, a liquid impervious garment surface, an absorbent core positioned between said body surface and said garment surface;
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• a fastener on the garment surface for fastening said absorbent article to the crotch region of the wearer's undergarment, said fastener comprising at least four zones of fastener material, said zones of fastener material being located only in said end regions of said absorbent article, wherein each zone of fastener material extends from one of said corner regions toward the intersection of said longitudinal and transverse centerlines, said central region of said absorbent article being capable of separating from a wearer's undergarment when said absorbent article is worn;
• wherein at least said central region of said absorbent article is resilient in response to laterally inwardly-oriented compressive forces.

An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, or adult incontinence article for wearing in a crotch region of a wearer's undergarment, said absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, an intersection of said longitudinal and transverse centerlines, two longitudinal side edges, two transverse end edges, four corner regions, a first end region, a second end region, and a central region disposed between said end regions, said end regions each extending outward along said longitudinal centerline from said central region about 1/8 to about 1/3 of the length of the absorbent article, said absorbent article comprising:

• a main body portion having two spaced apart longitudinal side edges, said main body portion comprising a liquid pervious body surface, a liquid impervious garment surface, an absorbent core positioned between said body surface and said garment surface;
• a pair of flaps, each flap being associated with said main body portion and extending laterally outward from a longitudinal edge of said main body portion, said flaps being capable of being folded at least partially around the crotch region of a wearer's undergarments and retained in a folded position;
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• a fastener on the garment surface for fastening the main body portion of said absorbent article to the crotch region of a wearer's undergarment, said fastener comprising at least four zones of fastener material, said zones of fastener material being only located in said end regions and each of said zones of fastener material being located in one of said corner regions of said absorbent article wherein at least portions of said zones of fastener material are on opposite sides of said longitudinal centerline in said end regions, said central region of said absorbent article being capable of separating from a wearer's undergarment when said absorbent article is worn.