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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Kawanoe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/712 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/712 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent article including: 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 porous film having a plurality of through holes; and a fibrous layer disposed on the liquid-receiving face of the porous film. The fibrous layer is of a plurality of strips extending in parallel and spaced apart from each other. Each strip of the fibrous layer is fixed to the porous film at spaced fixing portions, so that the porous film is exposed between adjacent strips of the fibrous layer.