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An absorbent article includes a garment shell and at least one liquid containment beam formed of an absorbent material. The liquid containment beam has an attachment edge bonded to the garment shell so that the containment beam can lie against the garment shell and also pivot about an axis defined b

An absorbent article includes a garment shell and at least one liquid containment beam formed of an absorbent material. The liquid containment beam has an attachment edge bonded to the garment shell so that the containment beam can lie against the garment shell and also pivot about an axis defined by the attachment edge. For comfort during use, the containment beam desirably has a width to thickness ratio of at least about 3:1. In particular embodiments, the absorbent article includes pairs of inner and outer containment beams, with the inner containment beams adapted to lie against the garment shell and the outer containment beams adapted to lie against the inner containment beams.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An absorbent article, comprising:a garment shell comprising a moisture barrier and defining an interior surface;first and second inner liquid containment beams comprising an absorbent material; andfirst and second outer liquid containment beams, each of the inner and outer liquid c

[ We claim:] [1.] An absorbent article, comprising:a garment shell comprising a moisture barrier and defining an interior surface;first and second inner liquid containment beams comprising an absorbent material; andfirst and second outer liquid containment beams, each of the inner and outer liquid containment beams having:longitudinal ends;opposite attachment and free edges which extend between the longitudinal ends; andopposite top and bottom surfaces;wherein the liquid containment beams comprise from about 90 to 100 percent of the total saturated retention capacity of the absorbent article and the attachment edge of each of the inner and outer liquid containment beams is bonded to the interior surface, the bottom surface of each of the inner containment beams is adapted to lie against the interior surface, the bottom surface of each of the outer containment beams is adapted to lie against the top surface of one of the inner containment beams, and each of the liquid containment beams is adapted to pivot about an axis defined by its attachment edge and be moveable relative to the moisture barrier.