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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Unicharm Corporation, Shikokuchuo, JP;
Hirotomo Mukai, Kagawa, JP;
Takahito Nagai, Kagawa, JP;
UNICHARM CORPORATION, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent core; and leak-proof walls on respective widthwise side portions of the absorbent main body. Each leak-proof wall is capable of standing on a skin side in the thickness direction, and includes a skin-side portion and a non-skin-side portion. A joined part is formed by joining at least partially facing surfaces of the skin-side and non-skin-side portions. The absorbent main body includes a crotch stretchable portion in a central portion in the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and the crotch stretchable portion stretches/contracts in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. The joined part is provided inside a distal end of the leak-proof wall and outside the crotch stretchable portion in the width direction. A part of the joined part and a part of the crotch stretchable portion at least overlap in the longitudinal direction.