Kao Corporation

Miyuki Kondo

Mitsugu Hamajima

Minoru Nakanishi

Satoshi Tanaka

Tetsuya Kusagawa

Futoshi Teranishi

Atsushi Murai

Hiroyuki Yokomatsu

An absorbent articlehaving a liquid retentive absorbent layer and a liquid impermeable leak preventive layer and including, in its longitudinal direction, an excretion portion facing section A which is placed opposite a wearer's liquid excretion portion, when in wear, and a rear section B which is placed more on the back side than the excretion portion facing section A, when in wear, wherein a leak preventive wallis disposed on opposite side portions in the longitudinal direction, the leak preventive wallhaving a basal wall portion and a planar elastic expansible/contractible portion connected to an upper end portion of the basal wall portion and being raised in the excretion portion facing section A and in the rear section B, and wherein a distance from an upper end portion of the basal wall portion to the leak preventive layer in the rear section is shorter than a comparable distance in the excretion portion facing section A.

Absorbent article

An absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet,a liquid impermeable backsheet,and a liquid retentive absorbent member,interposed between the topsheet,and the backsheet,the topsheet,and the backsheet,being joined by sealing to form sealed parts S, in which the backsheet has a tear strength of 120 to 500 cN.

Absorbent member sealed between a topsheet and a backsheet

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Haga-gun, Japan

Miyuki Kondo