Lucas Bäck, Gothenburg, Sweden; Anna Klinte Olsson, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Katarina Eriksson, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 3/28/17
Issued: 7/6/21

A disposable pant-type absorbent article having a longitudinal direction (Y) and a transverse direction (X), said disposable pant-type absorbent article being adapted for a male user and comprising: a front panel made of laminated web material and having a front waist edge, a pair of front leg edges and a pair of front side edges, a back panel having a back waist edge, a pair of back leg edges, a pair of back side edges, and an absorbent insert located mainly in a crotch portion of the absorbent article and being connected to the front panel and the back panel and having an absorbent core with longitudinal core edges, a front core edge, and a back core edge, wherein the core has a front segment with a front segment length in the longitudinal direction (Y) which is 30% of the total length of the core in the longitudinal direction (Y) and extending from a front core edge, a back segment with a back segment length in the longitudinal direction (Y) which is 30% of the total length of the core in the longitudinal direction (Y) and extending from the back core edge, and a middle segment with a middle segment length (L4) in the longitudinal direction (Y) which is 40% of the total length of the core in the longitudinal direction (Y) and being located between the front segment and the back segment, wherein the absorbent core has a wide portion in the front segment, which wide portion has a wide portion width in the transverse direction (X) that is at least 1.1 times greater than a back maximal width in the transverse direction (X) of the core in the back segment, wherein the laminated web material of the front panel has a first at least partly elastic region extending primarily in the transverse direction and being located adjacent the leg edges of the front panel, and a second at least partly elastic region extending primarily in the transverse direction and being located next to the first at least partly elastic region and closer to the front waist edge of the front panel, wherein the first at least partly elastic region is distinct from the second at least partly elastic region in terms of an at least one structural elastic feature making the first at least partly elastic region distinct from the second at least partly elastic region, wherein either (a) an elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, or (b) an inner imaginary extension of the elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, meets a longitudinal core edge of said wide portion of the front segment of the core, wherein the wide portion extends a first longitudinal distance corresponding to at least 20% of the length of the front segment of the core below a position where either (a) the elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, or (b) the inner imaginary extension of the elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, meets the longitudinal core edge, and wherein the wide portion extends a second longitudinal distance corresponding to at least 20% of the length of the front segment of the core above the position where either (a) the elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, or (b) the inner imaginary extension of the elasticized part of the laminated web material of the first at least partly elastic region, meets the longitudinal core edge.