Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH; Sarah Ann Sanborn, Frankfurt, Germany; Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY; Theodore Cory Fites, Cincinnati, OH; and John Andrew Strasemeier, Aurora, IN.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 9/16/14
Issued: 5/21/19

An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a printed adhesive layer comprising an adhesive and being disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core; wherein the absorbent core comprises absorbent material and channels, wherein said channels are substantially free of absorbent material; wherein the printed adhesive layer is visible through the topsheet and comprises an adhesive pattern coverage of 15% to 30%; wherein at least a portion of the adhesive layer forms a pattern of one or more pairs of contoured lines that run lengthwise in the machine direction of the absorbent article, each pair comprising contoured lines that are symmetric and each concave with respect to an axis of the absorbent article drawn in the machine direction and at the center of its width; wherein another portion of the printed adhesive layer comprises a printed underlay; and wherein an innermost pair of contoured lines is separated by a lateral distance of 15 mm to 25 mm; wherein the absorbent core channels are contoured; and wherein the printed adhesive layer substantially matches the contour of the absorbent core channels and wherein the absorbent core channels are symmetric and mirror images of one another with respect to the axis of the absorbent article drawn in the machine direction and at the center of its width.