Contoured absorbent pad

A diaper that incorporates a contoured absorbent pad comprising:

• an outer sheet of liquid impermeable material, said outer sheet having first and second oppositely disposed major surfaces and defining a peripheral edge of said outer sheet between first and second major surfaces, said perimeter edge defining a front edge and a back edge that includes two back corners, said front edge being oppositely located on said outer sheet from said front edge between said two back corners;
• an inner sheet that has first and second oppositely disposed major surfaces and that defines a peripheral edge of said inner sheet between said first and second major surfaces of said inner sheet, the second major surface of said inner sheet contacting the first major surface of said outer sheet such that the area of said outer sheet that contacts said inner sheet defines a closed boundary within the peripheral edge of said inner sheet;
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• a layer of high absorbent material that is enveloped between the second surface of said inner sheet and the first surface of said outer sheet, said layer of high absorbent material being located within the closed boundary of said inner and outer sheets, said layer of high absorbent material including a moulded core of high absorption material that defines an elevated area wherein the thickness dimension of said elevated area is more than two times the thickness dimension of other portions of said layer of high absorbent material, the elevated area of said moulded high absorbent layer defining a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, said first and second edges being oriented with respect to each other such that said first and second edges form a junction and diverge away from each other in a direction away from said junction to respectively form first and second divergent ends, the third edge of said elevated area of said moulded core defining a base edge that extends between the first and second divergent ends, said base edge extending away from the junction of said first and second edges such that the base edge of said moulded core extends outwardly past a straight line between said back corners of said outer sheet.

A contoured absorbent article incorporated into a diaper, where said absorbent article comprises:

• a liquid-impermeable outer layer;
• a liquid-permeable inner layer, and
• a contoured, liquid absorbent, moulded core layer comprised of one or more materials, where the moulded core has a first area that is a relief area and also a second area that is an elevated area, said relief area partially surrounding said elevated area wherein the dimension of said elevated area measured in a direction perpendicular to a surface of said relief area is more than two times the corresponding dimension of said relief area, and wherein the elevated area of said moulded core defines a first edge, a second edge and a third edge, said first and second edges being angled with respect to each other such that said first and second edges converge together in a first direction and diverge away from each other in a direction that is opposite from said first direction to respectively form first and second divergent ends, the elevated area of said moulded core further defining a third edge that is a base edge that extends between the first and second divergent ends of said first and second edges leading to a perimeter that is in the general shape of a triangle, and wherein the said elevated area further includes a peak area that extends further from the first and second edges than other portions of the base edge.