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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuaki Onishi, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
Abstract
A sanitary article includes an absorbent structure composed of a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent core disposed therebetween, an absorbent upper panel which is formed with a fibrous web and attached to an upper surface of the topsheet. The absorbent upper panel has a plurality of openings extending through the panel in its thickness direction and spaced one from another in a direction intersecting the thickness direction and a wall defining each of the openings wherein the wall has a fiber density grade which is higher in an upper region of the wall and lower in a lower region of the wall lying adjacent the topsheet.