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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Kaiyo Nakajima, Kagawa, JP;
Hironao Minato, Kagawa, JP;
Kaiyo Nakajima, Kagawa, JP;
Hironao Minato, Kagawa, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
An absorbent article includes a void space between a separator sheet and a liquid-absorbent structure. The separator sheet has opposite lateral zones extending in a longitudinal direction, a middle zone via which the opposite lateral zones are contiguous to each other, a front through-hole formed on the side of a front waist region, a rear through-hole formed on the side of rear waist region, and separator sheet biasing elastic members attached under tension to the respective lateral zones. A chassis includes a front leg elastic member laid on the side of the front waist region and a rear leg elastic member laid on the side of the rear waist region wherein at least the rear leg elastic member includes a rear transverse segment extending across the crotch region and a position of the rear transverse segment corresponds to a position of the middle zone of the separator sheet.