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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Shinsuke Nagahara, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuya Sato, Tochigi, JP;
Yayoi Fukuhara, Tochigi, JP;
Ken Nemoto, Tochigi, JP;
Shinsuke Nagahara, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuya Sato, Tochigi, JP;
Yayoi Fukuhara, Tochigi, JP;
Ken Nemoto, Tochigi, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent memberinterposed between the topsheetand the backsheetis disclosed. The absorbent memberhas a number of compressed partswhich are discrete from one another and concave on the backsheet facing side and/or the topsheet facing side. The compressed part is configured to increase in thickness on absorbing liquid. The compressed part is made up of a thinnest portionand a sloping portion. The sloping portion a gradually changes in thickness to connect to the thinnest portion