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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Masahito Tanaka, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Mitsugu Hamajima, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Noriko Sakamoto, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Futoshi Teranishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Minoru Nakanishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Masahito Tanaka, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Mitsugu Hamajima, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Noriko Sakamoto, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Futoshi Teranishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Minoru Nakanishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article having a liquid permeable top layer, a liquid impermeable leakproof layer, and a liquid retentive absorbent layer interposed between the layers, wherein the absorbent layer has an odor-controlling member containing (a) 20 to 80% by weight of specific hydrophilic fiber or hydrophilic foam and (b) an odor-controlling agent, the odor-controlling memberbeing composed of a layer made up of a mutually dispersing mixture of component (a) and component (b) or being composed of adjacent layers separately comprising component (a) and component (b).