Kao Corporation

Namie Itoi

Masahito Tanaka

Shinsuke Nagahara

Tetsuyuki Kigata

An absorbent articlehas an extensible absorbent memberand is extensible as a whole. The absorbent memberhas three-dimensionally dispersed therein a large number of small absorbent clustersorcontaining a superabsorbent polymerand fibers. The small clustersorare dispersively arranged in a web containing crimped fibers. The small clusters include those composed of a superabsorbent polymer particleand a large number of fibersadhered to the particleand those composed of a helically crimped fiber, a superabsorbent polymer particle, and fibers, the polymer particleand the fibersbeing taken into the helix of the crimped fiber

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Namie Itoi