Gueltekin Erdem, Beijing, China; and Yi Yuan, Beijing, China.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH

Filed: 3/9/17
Issued: 7/11/23

An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable nonwoven topsheet; a nonwoven second material, wherein the second material is a separate material from the topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the second material and the liquid impermeable backsheet; wherein the second material is positioned intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent core; wherein the topsheet comprises a plurality of recesses and a plurality of raised areas; wherein the second material is generally planar; wherein portions of the recesses are joined to portions of the second material; wherein a first aperture is formed in a substantially central location of at least a majority of the raised areas, and wherein the first aperture extends through only the topsheet; wherein the recesses each comprise a base positioned most distal from the substantially central locations of the raised areas; wherein a second aperture is formed in at least a majority of the bases of the recesses, and wherein the second aperture extends through the topsheet and at least partially through the second material; wherein sections of the recesses and the raised areas intermediate the first apertures and the second apertures are free of any apertures; wherein a void is defined intermediate a garment-facing surface of the topsheet and a wearer-facing surface of the second material in the raised areas; and wherein a third aperture is defined in the second material under each of at least a majority of the raised areas.