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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Atsushi Murai, Haga-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Kusagawa, Haga-gun, JP;
Miyuki Kondo, Haga-gun, JP;
Mitsugu Hamajima, Haga-gun, JP;
Atsushi Murai, Haga-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Kusagawa, Haga-gun, JP;
Miyuki Kondo, Haga-gun, JP;
Mitsugu Hamajima, Haga-gun, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent articlehaving a liquid retentive absorbent layer and a liquid impermeable leak preventive layer and including, in its longitudinal direction, an excretion portion facing section A which is placed opposite a wearer's liquid excretion portion, when in wear, and a rear section B which is placed more on the back side than the excretion portion facing section A, when in wear, wherein a leak preventive wallis disposed on opposite side portions in the longitudinal direction, the leak preventive wallhaving a basal wall portion and a planar elastic expansible/contractible portion connected to an upper end portion of the basal wall portion and being raised in the excretion portion facing section A and in the rear section B, and wherein a distance from an upper end portion of the basal wall portion to the leak preventive layer in the rear section is shorter than a comparable distance in the excretion portion facing section A.