Generally thin, flexible, sanitary napkin with central absorbent hump

A sanitary napkin for wearing in a panty, said sanitary napkin having a principal longitudinal centerline, a principal transverse centerline, four corner regions, a body surface, a garment surface, a longitudinal central region disposed along the length of at least a portion of said principal longitudinal centerline, surrounding regions located outboard of said longitudinal central region, at least some portions of said surrounding regions being disposed laterally outboard of said longitudinal central region, said sanitary napkin having a caliper of less than or equal to about 4 millimeters, said sanitary napkin comprising:

• a liquid pervious topsheet;
• a liquid impervious backsheet joined to said topsheet;
• an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet;
• a longitudinal medial hump on said body surface in said longitudinal central region of said sanitary napkin, said hump having a point of maximum amplitude and a caliper measured at its point of maximum amplitude that is greater than about 3 millimeters and at least about 2.0 times the caliper of said portions of said surrounding regions that are disposed laterally outboard of said longitudinal central region, said hump being capable of independent movement with respect to said panty during normal use;
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• a fastener on the garment surface for fastening said sanitary napkin to the crotch region of a wearer's panties, 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” without any fastener material in the portion of the configuration that would form the center of the letter X, and the ends of the “X” located in the corner regions of the sanitary napkin.