Kao Corporation

Hiromichi Suzuki

Wataru Saka

Takanobu Miyamoto

Shinobu Takei

Akihito Shizuno

Takeshi Miyamura

Kenji Ishikawa

Taeko Kanai

Kouji Machii

Yumi Furukawa

Aya Yoshimoto

Soichi Fujita

A disposable diaperhas an elasticized leg cuffon each longitudinally extending, lateral side of the crotch portion C. The elasticized leg cuffincludes an elastic member fixing sheet, an elastic member, an inner sheet, and an outer sheetin order from the skin facing side. The inner sheetand the outer sheetare bonded to each other via a plurality of longitudinally extending and laterally spaced bonds. The elastic memberis located between the elastic member fixing sheetand the inner sheetand arranged at a location that does not overlap the bonds

Disposable diaper

A shaped sheet, comprising: a plurality of protrusions () on one surface side of the shaped sheet formed of fibers; and connecting portions () for being barriers and connecting the protrusions () to one another, wherein the connecting portion () has a fiber density higher than a fiber density of the protrusion ().

Shaped sheet and absorbent article using the same

A bulky sheet comprising a fiber aggregate formed by water needling of a fiber web is disclosed. The bulky sheet has a number of projections and depressions comprising the fiber aggregate. The projections and the depressions is formed both by rearrangement of the constituting fibers of the fiber aggregate by water needling of the fiber aggregate and by the multiple bending manner of the fiber aggregate along the thickness direction thereof. The projections and the depressions retains the shape thereof by themselves.

Bulky sheet and process for producing the same

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Tochigi, Japan

Hiromichi Suzuki