Absorbent articles with distribution materials positioned underneath storage material

Absorbent Article, having a fluid receiving surface oriented towards the wearer during use, and a garment oriented surface opposite said fluid receiving surface, a crotch region and one or more waist regions, said crotch region having a crotch width, said article comprising an absorbent core having an ultimate fluid storage region, and a fluid distribution region positioned between said ultimate storage region and said garment oriented surface, and in fluid communication with said ultimate fluid storage region, characterized in that said distribution region comprises fluid distribution material having a Capillary Sorption Absorption Height at 30% of its maximum capacity (CSAH 30 of at least 25 cm, and in that said ultimate fluid storage region comprises ultimate fluid storage material which has a Capillary Sorption Desorption Capacity at 100 cm (CSDC 100);

• and which further has a Capillary Sorption Desorption Capacity at 0 cm (CSDC 0) higher than said CSDC 100, thereby having a Loosely Bound Liquid Capacity (LBLC) as the difference between (CSDC 0 and CSDC 100);
• and having a Capillary Sorption Desorption Release Height when 50% of said LBLC are released (CSDRH 50) which is less than said Capillary Sorption Absorption height at 30% of its maximum capacity (CSAH 30) of the distribution material.