Kao Corporation

Noriko Sakamoto

Yasuo Toyoshima

Hiroko Sugiura

Wataru Saka

Shoichi Taneichi

Minoru Nakanishi

Mitsugu Hamajima

Masahito Tanaka

Takanobu Miyamoto

Taiki Uchiyama

Futoshi Teranishi

Koji Asano

A topsheet for absorbent articles having absorbing performance for smoothly transferring liquid body waste, e.g., menstrual blood or urine, to an underlying absorbent member and surface characteristics such that the surface thereof in contact with wearer's skin is soft enough not to cause skin irritation. The topsheetcomprises a first layerdisposed on the side of a wearer and a second layerdisposed on the side of an absorbent member, the first layer and the second layer being partly joined together, and having protrusions and depressions on the side of a wearer, wherein the first and second layers each comprise a fiber aggregate, the first layer has fusion-bonded fiber intersections, the first layer has an apparent thickness (t) of 0.1 to 5 mm, the second layer has an apparent thickness (t) of 0.2 to 3 mm, the apparent thickness ratio of the first layer to the second layer (t/t) is 0.5 to 8, the first layer has a fiber density (d) of 0.001 to 0.05 g/cm, the second layer has a fiber density (d) of 0.03 to 0.2 g/cm, and the fiber density (d) of the second layer is higher than that (d) of the first layer.

Topsheet for absorbent article

A topsheet for absorbent articles is disclosed. The topsheet is used on the side of an absorbent article to be brought into contact with a wearer's body. The topsheet has an air permeability of 10 ml/cm&#xb7;sec or more in the horizontal direction under a pressure of 10 cN/cm. The topsheet also has an air permeability of 10 to 500 ml/cm&#xb7;sec in the horizontal direction under a pressure of 50 cN/cm.

An absorbent article having a liquid permeable top layer, a liquid impermeable leakproof layer, and a liquid retentive absorbent layer interposed between the layers, wherein the absorbent layer has an odor-controlling member containing (a) 20 to 80% by weight of specific hydrophilic fiber or hydrophilic foam and (b) an odor-controlling agent, the odor-controlling memberbeing composed of a layer made up of a mutually dispersing mixture of component (a) and component (b) or being composed of adjacent layers separately comprising component (a) and component (b).

Absorbent article

A topsheetfor an absorbent article comprising a first fiber layerdisposed on the side of a wearer and a second fiber layerdisposed on the side of an absorbent member, the first fiber layerand the second fiber layerbeing partially bonded together at jointsin a prescribed pattern, the first fiber layerhaving protrusionson the wearer's side in portions other than the joints, and the second fiber layerbeing a fiber aggregate containing heat shrinkable fiber and having heat shrunken partsthat have shrunken and densified partsthat have been inhibited from heat shrinkage.

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Tochigi, Japan

Noriko Sakamoto