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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicants:
Nariaki Shimoe, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshinori Kumasaka, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yasushi Inoue, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Toshifumi Otsubo, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Nariaki Shimoe, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshinori Kumasaka, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yasushi Inoue, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Toshifumi Otsubo, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F013/15 ; A61F013/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disposable body fluid absorbent article includes a liquid-absorbent core. The core is provided in the vicinity of opposite side edges extending in a longitudinal direction with depressed regions tapering from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the core. A density of the core components in the depressed regions is lower then or equal to a density of the core components in the remaining region of the core.