Sarah A. Kleuskens, Neenah, WI; and SangWook Lee, Setagayaku, Japan.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Neenah, WI.

Filed: 7/31/17
Issued: 8/22/23

An absorbent article including a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising: a chassis including a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body, the absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, the bodyside liner including a length that is at least 50% of a length of the absorbent article as measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a pair of containment flaps comprising a first containment flap and a second containment flap, the first containment flap and the second containment flap each extending from the front waist region to the second waist region, the pair of containment flaps each comprising a base portion coupled to the chassis and a projection portion extending away from the absorbent body when the absorbent article is in a relaxed configuration; wherein the bodyside liner comprises a central barrier region in the crotch region, the central barrier region being a central portion of the bodyside liner not coupled to the absorbent body and comprising a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, the first longitudinal side edge being coupled to the projection portion of the first containment flap and the second longitudinal side edge being coupled to the projection portion of the second containment flap such that when the absorbent article is in the relaxed configuration and the projection portion of the first containment flap and the projection portion of the second containment flap extend away from the absorbent body, the central portion of the bodyside liner extends away from the absorbent body.