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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Yoshitaka Mishima, Kagawa, JP;
Kyo Kikuchi, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Mishima, Kagawa, JP;
Kyo Kikuchi, Kagawa, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide an absorbent wearing article being capable of alleviating irritation to the wearer's skin as well as to be easily produced and a method for making the same. A liquid-absorbent chassisis provided with a barrier cuffincluding first and second barrier cuffseach comprising an outermost edge, an innermost edgeand front and rear endsopposed to and spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction Y. The outermost edgeas well as the front and rear endsare joined to a topsheetto define a fixed edge and the innermost edgeis not joined to the topsheetto define a free edge adapted to be freely spaced from the liquid-absorbent chassis. Of the first and second barrier cuffs, at least the fixed edge is formed by an inelastic, substantially non-extensible first sheetwhile the free edge is formed by an elastically extensible second sheet. The first sheetis formed along its innermost edgewith a notchin which the second sheetis exposed.