Frank Steven Glaug, Chester Springs, PA; Joshua Daniel Carney, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Sue Uner, Folsom, PA. Assigned to SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 12/23/11
Issued: 3/22/16

A disposable absorbent product extending along a longitudinal dimension and a width dimension, the absorbent product comprising: a backsheet; a topsheet overlaying said backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between said backsheet and said topsheet for absorbing and retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product; a first multidirectional stretch material layer located in a crotch portion of the disposable absorbent product, adjacent said backsheet, and extending in the width dimension outwardly of said backsheet so as to define a first contoured leg opening of the absorbent product adapted to fit around a first leg of the wearer of the absorbent product, said first multidirectional stretch material layer defining said first contoured leg opening being extensible in the longitudinal and width dimensions of the absorbent product; an impermeable barrier layer disposed between said absorbent core and said backsheet and adapted to prevent the flow of fluid from said absorbent core to said first multidirectional stretch material layer; and a pair of elastic strands spaced from one another in the width dimension of the absorbent product and secured to said barrier layer, said pair of elastic strands being located in said crotch portion of the disposable absorbent product.