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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Yasuyuki Okuda, Tochigi, JP;
Hisanori Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Hidekazu Ito, Tochigi, JP;
Takao Koyama, Tochigi, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable antileakage sheet, a liquid-retentive absorbent core, having a substantially elongate shape, and having upstanding guards formed on longitudinal left and right opposing side portions of the absorbent article, the upstanding guards are provided with a plurality of upstanding guard elastic members so as to form a gather over the entire region in the widthwise direction of the upstanding guard, the upstanding guard is sectioned into a free end region, a central region and a basal end region so as to trisect it in its widthwise direction, and the stress of the free end region is larger than that of the other regions.