Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Bad Soden, Germany; Hans Adolf Jackels, Mechernich, Germany; Claus Peter Stoelzel, Sr., Bad Soden, Germany; and Christine Elisabeth Zipf, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 2/16/16
Issued: 1/19/21

An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side, and extending in a longitudinal direction and a transversal direction, the article comprising: a topsheet on the wearer-facing side; a backsheet on the garment-facing side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent layer in a core wrap, the absorbent layer comprising an absorbent material and having a longitudinally extending central portion, a first side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion and a second side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion on another side of the central portion; wherein the absorbent core further comprises a first folding guide between the central portion and the first side portion, and a second folding guide between the central portion and the second side portion; wherein each side portion comprises a plurality of winglets, each winglet having a proximal side relative to a folding guide and extending outward from this proximal side, and wherein neighboring winglets are separated by a gap between their neighboring sides; wherein the core wrap comprises a top layer and a bottom layer, and the top layer of the core wrap is bonded to the bottom layer of the core wrap at least through the folding guides and at least some of the gaps between the winglets; wherein when the absorbent core is folded along the folding guides, the central portion and the side portions form a three-dimensional basin and the gaps between the winglets decrease, the article further comprising: at least one liquid management layer between the topsheet and the absorbent core wherein the liquid management layer comprises folding guides, each folding guide of the liquid management layer separating a respective side portion of the liquid management layer from a center portion of the liquid management layer, and wherein each of the liquid management layer’s side portions comprises a single piece of liquid management material delimited by a distal straight line and a proximal curve to form a crescent shape or a semi-circular shape that superposes a plurality of the winglets.