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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Nakaoka, Tokushima, JP;
Masaru Fujioka, Tokushima, JP;
Satoshi Maeda, Tokushima, JP;
Kazuyo Mori, Tokushima, JP;
Assignee:
Livedo Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/320 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article having raisable strips with inner portions of the raisable strips arranged at the opposite side of the absorbent article being folded to have a Z-shaped cross section. Bottom portions of the Z-shaped inner portions are bonded to a top sheet of the absorbent article, and elastic members are mounted in top portions of the Z-shaped inner portions so that the top portions are raised flat together with slanted side portions of the Z-shaped inner portions.