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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1999
Mayumi Kimura, Haga-gun, JP;
Hironori Kawasaki, Haga-gun, JP;
Masahito Tanaka, Haga-gun, JP;
Mitsugu Hamajima, Haga-gun, JP;
Minoru Nakanishi, Haga-gun, JP;
Takao Nakayama, Haga-gun, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article (,) comprising a liquid permeable top layer (,), a liquid impermeable back layer (,), and a liquid retentive absorbent member (,) interposed between the top layer (,) and the back layer (,), wherein the absorbent member (,) includes an absorbent sheet (,) having a thickness of 0.3 mm to 5 mm, the absorbent sheet being arranged such that a barrier cuff having a prescribed width is formed at the central portion of the top layer in the widthwise direction thereof, wherein said absorbent member is provided with liquid shrinkable members, which can elastically shrink upon the absorption of the liquid at the surface of said absorbent member facing said top layer and/or inside said absorbent member and in the vicinity of said surface, such that said absorbent member elastically shrinks over a prescribed length.