Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Cincinnati, OH; Shirdish Poondru, Cincinnati, OH; John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH; and Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 1/18/22
Issued: 1/9/24

A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline, a first region, a second region, and a target region disposed between the first region and the second region, each of the first region, the second region, and target region extending laterally across the disposable absorbent article, the disposable absorbent article further comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core; a target zone disposed in the target region, wherein the target zone comprises a first plurality of conforming features comprising a combination of the topsheet, the fluid management layer and the absorbent core; a first zone and a second zone disposed laterally and/or longitudinally outboard of the target zone in the target region, wherein the first zone and/or the second zone comprises a second plurality of conforming features, wherein the second plurality of conforming features are different than the first plurality of conforming features in at least one of shape, depth, length, distance between adjacent features, density of features per square cm, or orientation of the feature; and a long fiber network comprising a combination of the topsheet, the fluid management layer, and the absorbent core; wherein the target zone has a lower bending modulus and/or bending stiffness than the first zone and/or the second zone as measured by the three-point bending test disclosed herein.