Diaper with source reduction overlay and having improved fecal containment characteristics

Claim 1

A disposable absorbent pad such as a baby diaper or adult incontinent pad comprising: a backsheet having a width and a length, a multi-ply topsheet, a absorbent core, having lateral edges and end edges, located between said backsheet and said topsheet, the backsheet and the topsheet being secured together around the lateral edges and end edges of said core to hold said core therebetween, said multi-ply topsheet including a first ply having a width equal to the width of the backsheet and further including a second ply which overlies said first ply, said second ply having lateral edges defining a width narrower than the width of said first ply, said second ply being non-removably secured on top of said first ply along a pair of fastening lines spaced inwardly from the lateral edges of the core, said second ply having first elastic members secured under tension to its lateral edges, said first elastic members having ends, said lateral edges of said second ply being pulled upwardly and away from the first ply by said first elastic members such that said lateral edges of said second ply are located between said first elastic members and said fastening lines and are substantially perpendicular to said first ply, the ends of said first elastic members being unsecured to the first ply, said first ply and said second ply being unsecured to each other between the fastening lines to provide a gap therebetween.