Absorbent product and articles made therefrom

Claim 1

A fluid absorbent undergarment such as a panty and the like having a front, rear and opposite sides cooperating to define a lower torso garment having a waist opening, said undergarment including an outer covering, said inner core being generally encapsulated in said outer covering and extending generally throughout said undergarment, said inner core comprising a multi-layered, absorbent product comprising: a. a water pervious facing layer for contacting the skin; b. a first fibrous, wicking layer contiguous said water pervious layer; c. a first container section having an inner layer and an outer layer forming a first absorbent container therebetween, said container section being comprised of a water pervious material, said inner layer being contiguous said first fibrous, wicking layer; d. a first absorbent mass disposed in said first absorbent container, said first absorbent mass comprising a super absorbent high molecular weight acrylic polymer containing hydrophilic carboxylate groups said polymer forming a gel upon contact with an aqueous medium; e. a second container section having an inner layer and said outer layer container therebetween, said second container section being comprised of a water pervious material, said inner layer of said second container section being contiguous said outer layer of said first container section; f. a second absorbent mass disposed in said second absorbent container, said second absorbent mass comprising a hydrolyzed starch-acrylonitrile graft copolymer, said copolymer forming a gel upon content with an aqueous medium; and g. a liquid impermeable/gas permeable layer contiguous said outer layer of said second container section.