10.22.02
Patented is a disposable absorbent article comprising a liquid -pervious topsheet and a liquid-impervious backsheet, surrounding a liquid-absorbent core that is used to collect bodily fluids. The backsheet is provided with fastening members adapted to be anchored on an inner surface of an undergarment. The article has a longitudinal and a transverse direction. The core is contoured by a pair of transversely opposite side edges that extend longitudinally to each other, a pair of longitudinally opposite terminal edges circumferentially extending parallel to each other and corners defined by oblique edges that extend between the side edge and the associated terminal edge of the pad.