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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Katsuhiro Uematsu, Kagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Ishikawa, Kagawa, JP;
Kouichirou Tani, Kagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); D04H 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a nonwoven fabric having good fluid drawing properties, in which fluid hardly remains, a method for producing a nonwoven fabric, and an absorbent article. The nonwoven fabric has a thickness direction and a planar direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and includes a high density region having a higher fiber density than an average fiber density. The high density region penetrates from one side to another side in the thickness direction.