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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Kawanoe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; A61F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; A61F 1/300 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent article having a liquid permeable surface layer, a backing sheet, and an absorbent layer interposed between the surface layer and the backing sheet. The surface layer includes a liquid permeable base and a layer of continuous filaments extending substantially in one direction and disposed on the surface of the base. The continuous filament layer is fixed to the base at a plurality of fixing portions which are spaced apart in the filament extending direction by a given pitch, to thereby form loop portions of the continuous filaments between adjacent fixing portions. The loop portions are raised toward the surface side.