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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2016
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kobayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Bin Latif Muhamad Nor Salehuddin, Utsunomiya, JP;
Ryota Kuramae, Utsunomiya, JP;
Aiko Onda, Utsunomiya, JP;
KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet-like article () for an absorbent article of the invention includes a plurality of absorbent units (), each including: a long base portion (); and water-absorbent polymer particles () that are fixed to a surface of first side of the long base portion (). In the sheet-like article (), the absorbent units () are arranged such that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in one direction. When the water-absorbent polymer particles () absorb a liquid, the water-absorbent polymer particles () swell beyond the lateral side edge portions (), of the long base portion (), that extend along the longitudinal direction, and a position, in the thickness direction, of each long base portion is varied from the position thereof before absorbing the liquid.