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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Namie Itoi, Tochigi, JP;
Masahito Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;
Shinsuke Nagahara, Tochigi, JP;
Tetsuyuki Kigata, Tochigi, JP;
Namie Itoi, Tochigi, JP;
Masahito Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;
Shinsuke Nagahara, Tochigi, JP;
Tetsuyuki Kigata, Tochigi, JP;
KAO Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent articlehas an extensible absorbent memberand is extensible as a whole. The absorbent memberhas three-dimensionally dispersed therein a large number of small absorbent clustersorcontaining a superabsorbent polymerand fibers. The small clustersorare dispersively arranged in a web containing crimped fibers. The small clusters include those composed of a superabsorbent polymer particleand a large number of fibersadhered to the particleand those composed of a helically crimped fiber, a superabsorbent polymer particle, and fibers, the polymer particleand the fibersbeing taken into the helix of the crimped fiber