UNITARY FLUID ACQUISITION, STORAGE, AND WICKING MATERIAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure where liquid is immediately acquired and transferred away from the skin of a wearer in the Z-direction, while minimizing or eliminating the problem of liquid recontacting the skin of the wearer.SOLUTION: Disclosed is a unitary absorbent structure including a fluid acquisition stratum; a fluid distribution stratum; and a fluid storage stratum between the acquisition stratum and the distribution stratum. Each of the acquisition, distribution, and storage strata are in fluid communication with each other. The unitary structure is not an assembly or laminate structure comprising preformed layers. Instead, the each stratum is continuously integrated by airlaid technology, for example.