Unicharm Corporation

Yoko Yabe

Kazuaki Onishi

Norihiko Ishikawa

Toshifumi Otsubo

Yoshitaka Mishima

Hiroyuki Tanji

Naomi Suzuki

A disposable diaper is locally formed with a protuberance in a transversely middle zone of the diaper between urethral meatus and anus of a diaper wearer, and the diaper thus formed is capable of preventing loose passage discharged thereon form flowing toward the front side of the wearer.

Disposable diaper

A disposable absorbent article including a fecal matter retaining layer, the retaining layer including a three dimensional structure having a thickness of 5&tilde;100 mm adapted to be placed against a wearer's hip is formed with at least one opening having an area of 20&tilde;30000 mm and at least one fecal matter retaining cavity having a depth of 2.5 mm.

Disposable absorbent article

A disposable article for dealing with feces adapted to be used in conjunction with a disposable diaper or diaper cover. The article includes a feces receiving region that is provided in the form of a laminate that includes a top layer provided with at least one opening having an area of 20&tilde;500 mm , a feces holding layer in the form of a three-dimensional network structure underlying the top layer, a liquid-absorbent layer underlying the holding layer and a liquid-impervious back layer covering a lower surface of the absorbent layer. The laminate has its width progressively reduced toward a front end of the feces receiving pocket and a leakage barrier is formed along transversely opposite side edges of the top layer.

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Kagawa-ken, Japan

Yoko Yabe