Kao Corporation

Tetsuyuki Kigata

Shinsuke Nagahara

Masahito Tanaka

Minoru Nakanishi

Manabu Kaneda

Shoichi Taneichi

Yasuhiro Komori

Yayoi Fukuhara

Namie Itoi

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

Absorbent article

An absorbent article having a substantially oblong rectangular absorbent body A composed of a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent corebetween the topsheetand the backsheet. The absorbent article further has a pair of side sheetsas leak preventive side members on its skin facing side C of the absorbent body A. The leak preventive side members have a pattern P printed with ink in a configuration such that the printed ink is substantially kept away from contact with the skin of a wearer.

A sheet which gives an absorbent article improved recovery from distortion is disclosed. The sheet has a recovery force of 0.7 cN or more in the cross direction, a compressive strength of 100 cN or less, and a basis weight of 20 g/mor more.

Sheet for absorbent article and absorbent article using the same

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Tochigi, Japan

Tetsuyuki Kigata