Absorbent article with a fluid-entangled body facing material including a plurality of hollow projections

1. An absorbent article including a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the absorbent article comprising:

a. a fluid-entangled body facing material comprising:

i. a support layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed first and second surfaces;

ii. a projection layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed inner and outer surfaces, the second surface of the support layer in contact with the inner surface of the projection layer, fibers of at least one of the support layer and the projection layer being fluid-entangled with fibers of the other of the support layer and the projection layer;

iii. a plurality of hollow projections formed from a first plurality of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer, the plurality of hollow projections extending from the outer surface of the projection layer in a direction away from the support layer; and

iv. a land area, wherein the plurality of hollow projections are surrounded by the land area;

b. an outer cover;

c. an absorbent body positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the outer cover, the absorbent body having a width in the lateral direction and a length in the longitudinal direction; and

d. a secondary liner including a width in the lateral direction and a length in the longitudinal direction, the width of the secondary liner being greater than the width of the absorbent body and the length of the secondary liner being greater than the length of the absorbent body.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein a second plurality of fibers of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer are entangled with the support layer.

3. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the absorbent body is free of superabsorbent material.

4. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the absorbent body comprises greater than about 15% superabsorbent material by weight of the absorbent body.

5. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in a machine direction under a load of 2 Newtons per 25 mm width.

6. The absorbent article of claim 5 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in the machine direction under a load of 4 Newtons per 25 mm width.

7. The absorbent article of claim 6 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in the machine direction under a load of 6 Newtons per 25 mm width.

8. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the projections have a height from about 1 mm to about 10 mm.

9. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the secondary liner is positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the absorbent body.

10. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the land area has greater than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

11. The absorbent article of claim 10 wherein the open area is due to interstitial fiber-to-fiber spacing.

12. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the projections have less than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

13. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises a resiliency of greater than about 70% according to the Percent Resiliency—One Cycle Compression Test Method.

14. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the absorbent article is a diaper.

15. The absorbent article of claim 1 wherein the absorbent article is a feminine hygiene product.

16. An absorbent article including a front waist edge, a rear waist edge, a pair of longitudinal side edges including a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, comprising:

a. a fluid-entangled body facing material comprising:

i. a support layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed first and second surfaces;

ii. a projection layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed inner and outer surfaces, the second surface of the support layer in contact with the inner surface of the projection layer, fibers of at least one of the support layer and the projection layer being fluid-entangled with fibers of the other of the support layer and the projection layer;

iii. a plurality of hollow projections formed from a first plurality of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer, the plurality of hollow projections extending from the outer surface of the projection layer in a direction away from the support layer; and

iv. a land area, wherein the plurality of hollow projections are surrounded by the land area;

b. an outer cover;

c. an absorbent body positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the outer cover; and

d. a secondary liner positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the absorbent body, the secondary liner extending substantially from the front waist edge to the rear waist edge and substantially from the first longitudinal side edge to the second longitudinal side edge.

17. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein a second plurality of fibers of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer are entangled with the support layer.

18. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the absorbent body is free of superabsorbent material.

19. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the absorbent body comprises greater than about 15% superabsorbent material by weight of the absorbent body.

20. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in a machine direction under a load of 2 Newtons per 25 mm width.

21. The absorbent article of claim 20 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in the machine direction under a load of 4 Newtons per 25 mm width.

22. The absorbent article of claim 21 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in the machine direction under a load of 6 Newtons per 25 mm width.

23. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the projections have a height from about 1 mm to about 10 mm.

24. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the land area has greater than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

25. The absorbent article of claim 24 wherein the open area is due to interstitial fiber-to-fiber spacing.

26. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the projections have less than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

27. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material further comprises a resiliency of greater than about 70% according to the Percent Resiliency One Cycle Compression Test Method.

28. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the absorbent article is a diaper.

29. The absorbent article of claim 16 wherein the absorbent article is a feminine hygiene product.

30. An absorbent article including a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the absorbent article comprising:

a. a fluid-entangled body facing material including a length in the longitudinal direction, the fluid-entangled body facing material comprising:

i. a support layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed first and second surfaces;

ii. a projection layer comprising a plurality of fibers and opposed inner and outer surfaces, the second surface of the support layer in contact with the inner surface of the projection layer, fibers of at least one of the support layer and the projection layer being fluid-entangled with fibers of the other of the support layer and the projection layer;

iii. a plurality of hollow projections formed from a first plurality of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer, the plurality of hollow projections extending from the outer surface of the projection layer in a direction away from the support layer; and

iv. a land area, wherein the plurality of hollow projections are surrounded by the land area;

b. an outer cover; and

c. an absorbent body positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the outer cover.

31. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein a second plurality of fibers of the plurality of fibers in the projection layer are entangled with the support layer.

32. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the absorbent body is free of superabsorbent material.

33. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the absorbent body comprises greater than about 15% superabsorbent material by weight of the absorbent body.

34. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in a machine direction under a load of 4 Newtons per 25 mm width.

35. The absorbent article of claim 34 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material comprises less than about 10% extension in the machine direction under a load of 6 Newtons per 25 mm width.

36. The absorbent article of claim 35 wherein the projections have a height from about 1 mm to about 10 mm.

37. The absorbent article of claim 30 further comprising a secondary liner positioned between the fluid-entangled body facing material and the absorbent body.

38. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the land area has greater than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

39. The absorbent article of claim 38 wherein the open area is due to interstitial fiber-to-fiber spacing.

40. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the projections have less than about 1% open area in a chosen area of the fluid-entangled body facing material.

41. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material further comprises a resiliency of greater than about 70% according to the Percent Resiliency—One Cycle Compression Test Method.

42. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material has a resiliency greater than about 75% according to the Percent Resiliency—One Cycle Compression Test Method.

43. The absorbent article of claim 42 wherein the fluid-entangled body facing material has a resiliency greater than about 80% according to the Percent Resiliency—One Cycle Compression Test Method.

44. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the absorbent article is a diaper.

45. The absorbent article of claim 30 wherein the absorbent article is a feminine hygiene product.