DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE

A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10) DEFINED BY A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDE EDGES (90) AND A PAIR OF END EDGES (92) EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SIDE EDGES (90), HAS A FRONT WAIST REGION (12), A BACK WAIST REGION (14), AND A CROTCH REGION (16) LOCATED BETWEEN THE WAIST REGIONS. THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10) ALSO INCLUDES A TOP SHEET (50), A BACKSHEET (40), AND AN ABSORBENT CORE (46) DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TOP SHEET (50) AND THE BACKSHEET (40). THE TOP SHEET (50) IS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS WHICH DIRECT BODILY EXUDATES RECEIVED INTO OR BY THE CROTCH REGION (16) TO A STORAGE SPACE DISPOSED BELOW THE TOP SHEET (50). THE TOP SHEET IS SPACED GENERALLY UPWARD FROM THE CORE (46) SUCH THAT THE STORAGE SPACE IS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TOP SHEET (50) AND THE CORE (46). THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10) FURTHER INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OR MORE ELONGATED ELASTIC STRANDS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE TOP SHEET (50) SO AS TO SPACE OR URGE THE TOP SHEET GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM THE CORE (46). MOREOVER, PORTIONS OF THE TOP SHEET (50) BETWEEN THE ELASTIC STRANDS ARE TACKED DOWN TO CREATE DEPRESSIONS BETWEEN THE STRANDS AND EACH OF THE OPENINGS ARE LOCATED GENERALLY IN ONE OF THESE DEPRESSIONS. FIGURE 3