Peter Axborn, Gothenburg, Sweden; Anders Östin, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Helena Corneliusson, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Filed: 6/30/20
Issued: 4/4/23

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, said article having a longitudinal direction along a central longitudinal axis (y1) and a transverse direction along a central transverse axis (x1) extending perpendicular to said longitudinal axis (y1), said absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge extending in said transverse direction and a first side edge and a second side edge extending in said longitudinal direction, said absorbent article comprising a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between said front portion and said back portion, wherein said absorbent core comprises an absorbent component, said absorbent component being enclosed by a core cover comprising an upper side and a lower side, said absorbent component comprising a coherent area, said coherent area having an extension in said longitudinal direction in at least said front portion and said crotch portion of said absorbent article and having an extension in said transverse direction over a full width of said absorbent component inside said core cover, said coherent area having a front edge and a back edge, wherein said back portion of said absorbent article further comprises a conformance zone, said conformance zone comprising 2 to 200 absorbent clusters, wherein the absorbent clusters have indistinct peripheral edges and are fully or partly interconnected by thinned edge portions of the clusters.