Sanitary napkin for clean body benefit

1. A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal orientation and longitudinally-oriented side edges, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, a thickness measured orthogonal to a plane defined by said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, said disposable absorbent article comprising:

a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said facing layer and said backsheet;

said facing layer comprising a first region comprising a plurality of apertures and a second region comprising a plurality of out-of-plane deformations, wherein each out-of-plane deformation has a longitudinal length less than a longitudinal length of the disposable absorbent article, and no out-of-plane deformation has a longitudinal length equal to the longitudinal length of the disposable absorbent article;

said facing layer being comprised of a fibrous nonwoven web;

said first region and said second region of said facing layer being disposed in the same said fibrous nonwoven web.

2. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein said facing layer comprises a topsheet and a secondary topsheet disposed between said topsheet and said absorbent core.

3. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein said out-of-plane deformations are soft, resilient, rib-like elements.

4. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 3 , wherein said rib-like elements are longitudinally-oriented.

5. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein said first region is disposed centrally to said disposable absorbent article along said longitudinal axis and said second region is disposed adjacent at least one of said longitudinally-oriented side edges and adjacent said first region of said facing layer.

6. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1 , further comprising a deep-embossed channel

7. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 6 , wherein said deep-embossed channel has a depth of at least 50% of said thickness of said disposable absorbent article.

8. A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal orientation and longitudinally-oriented side edges, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, a thickness measured orthogonal to a plane defined by said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, said disposable absorbent article comprising:

a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said facing layer and said backsheet;

said facing layer comprising a first region comprising a plurality of apertures and a second region comprising a plurality of out-of-plane deformations;

said facing layer being comprised of a fibrous nonwoven web;

said first region and said second region of said facing layer being disposed in the same said fibrous nonwoven web;

said disposable absorbent article comprising at least one deep-embossed channel defining and circumscribing an interior portion of said disposable absorbent article.

9. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 8 , wherein said facing layer comprises a topsheet and a secondary topsheet disposed between said topsheet and said absorbent core.

10. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 8 , wherein said out-of-plane deformations are soft, resilient, rib-like elements.

11. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 10 , wherein said rib-like elements are longitudinally-oriented.

12. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 8 , wherein said first region is disposed substantially within said interior portion.

13. A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal orientation and longitudinally-oriented side edges, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, a thickness measured orthogonal to a plane defined by said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, said disposable absorbent article comprising:

a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said facing layer and said backsheet;

said facing layer comprising a plurality of out-of-plane deformations, said out-of-plane deformations being soft, resilient, rib-like elements; wherein the individual rib-like elements have a length, measured along their longitudinal orientation, of between 1% and 20% of the length of the disposable absorbent article; and

said disposable absorbent article comprising at least one deep-embossed channel defining and circumscribing an interior portion of said disposable absorbent article.

14. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein said facing layer comprises a topsheet and a secondary topsheet disposed between said topsheet and said absorbent core.

15. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein said rib-like elements are longitudinally-oriented.

16. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein said facing layer comprises a fibrous nonwoven web, and wherein said plurality of apertures are formed in said fibrous nonwoven web.

17. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 2 , wherein said topsheet and said secondary topsheet are comprised of fibrous nonwoven webs.

18. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 17 , wherein said topsheet and said secondary topsheet form a composite web material wherein said topsheet and said secondary topsheet are intermeshed.

19. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 8 , wherein said first region is disposed centrally to said disposable absorbent article along said longitudinal axis and said second region is disposed adjacent at least one of said longitudinally-oriented side edges and adjacent said first region of said disposable absorbent article.

20. A disposable absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein said plurality of out-of-plane deformations are disposed along at least one of said longitudinally-oriented side edges of said disposable absorbent article.