Thomas William VanDenBogart, Slinger, WI; Adrienne Rae Loyd, Neenah, WI; Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI; David J. Enz, Neenah, WI; Renee Sue Booms, Oshkosh, WI; Carmen Lira, Appleton, WI; Katie Ann Boland, Menasha, WI; Ann Louise McCormack, Cumming, GA; Deborah S. Hannah, Appleton, WI; and Mary Lou McDaniel, Appleton, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, WI.

Filed: 5/6/14
Issued: 2/20/18

An absorbent article for attachment to a wearer’s skin in the vulva region of the wearer’s torso, said article comprising: a shell comprising a first side and a second side, a first region having a pair of lateral side regions extending from the first region, said pair of lateral side regions each comprise a proximate end; adjacent the first region and a distal end, and said pair of lateral side regions and the first region define an opening in the shell wherein the distal ends of each side region are adjacent to a second region, such that the second region joins each distal end of the side regions together, wherein the opening is formed from the first region, the second region and the pair of lateral side regions; and an absorbent structure attached to the second side of the shell such that at least a portion of the absorbent structure is positioned in the opening in the shell and a majority of the opening of the shell has the absorbent structure positioned therein; wherein when applied to the wearer, the first side of the shell contacts to the wearer’s skin surrounding vulva region and the shell is sized and shaped such that the first side of the shell only contacts the skin of the wearer proximate to the vulva region of the wearer wherein the absorbent article comprises a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the shell being larger in one of the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction than the absorbent structure.