Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Cincinnati, OH; Clint Adam Morrow, Union, KY; Callida Williams Ludher, Cincinnati, OH; and John David Norcom, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 5/3/18
Issued: 7/5/22

An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure comprising one or more layers, a zone A and a zone B, the absorbent article comprising a heterogeneous mass comprising a first layer comprising a nonwoven web and a second layer comprising one or more pieces of open-celled HIPE foam disposed beneath the topsheet, wherein the first layer is integrated with the second layer wherein fibers of the nonwoven web have been displaced in a pattern of wells, through a plane occupied by the one or more pieces of HIPE foam, such that fibers of the nonwoven web and the one or more pieces of the open-celled HIPE foam both occupy the plane; wherein zone A and Zone B exhibit different Cross Direction to Machine Direction slope ratios and exhibit different NMR residual fluid values, and exhibit saturation mass values within 10% of each other.