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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Takuya Kouta, Tochigi, JP;
Masashi Kawazoe, Tochigi, JP;
Takeshi Miyamura, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stretchable absorbent core () includes a stretchable base sheet (), and a plurality of separate and independent absorbers () disposed at least on one side of the base sheet (). The absorbers () are fixed to the base sheet () through respective fixing points () in such a design that the shape of each absorber is not deformed upon stretch of the base sheet (). The stretchable absorbent core () exhibits stretchability between the fixing points (). It is preferable that the stretchable absorbent core () does not exhibit stretchability at the fixing points ().