Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH; Dean Larry Duval, Lebanon, OH; Holger Beruda, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany; Peter Dziezok, Hochheim, Germany; Axel Krause, Erftstadt, Germany; Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, Germany; and Lutz Stelzig, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 9/22/21
Issued: 8/22/23

An absorbent product comprising: a package having height, width and depth dimensions, an interior space and an exterior surface, the package comprising a film; a plurality of disposable absorbent articles, which are bi-folded and arranged to form a stack of disposable absorbent articles, wherein the stack of disposable absorbent articles is compressed along a compression axis and disposed within the interior space of the package such that the compression axis of the stack of disposable absorbent articles is oriented substantially along the width dimension of the package, each of the folded disposable absorbent articles comprising a topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, a absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet, a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between the first and second waist regions, and a fastening member-adapted to releasably connect with a landing zone; wherein the backsheet comprises a thermoplastic film having an inner facing surface and an outer facing surface; wherein the absorbent core comprises a nonwoven substrate having first and second surfaces, absorbent material comprises an absorbent particulate polymer material and cellulose disposed on the second surface of the nonwoven substrate and a thermoplastic composition applied to the absorbent material, wherein the first surface of the nonwoven substrate faces the inner facing surface of the thermoplastic film; wherein more than 60% of the absorbent particulate polymer is disposed in a front half of each of the absorbent articles; wherein the absorbent product exhibits an In-Bag Stack Height from 72 mm to 80 mm wherein the In-Bag Stack Height is the width of the package divided by the number of the disposable articles per stack and then multiplied by 10; wherein the nonwoven substrate comprises at least one junction area in direct contact with the thermoplastic composition; wherein the at least one junction area comprises little or no absorbent material; and wherein a layer is bonded to the nonwoven substrate at the at least one junction area; and wherein at least a portion of one of the at least one junction area comprises a small amount of absorbent particulate polymer.